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SUBMITTER: Davis SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426584 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davis Stephanie M SM Wiegand Ryan E RE Mulama Fridah F Kareko Edmund Ireri EI Harris Robert R Ochola Elizabeth E Samuels Aaron M AM Rawago Fredrick F Mwinzi Pauline M PM Fox LeAnne M LM Odiere Maurice R MR Won Kimberly Y KY
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150309 5
Schistosoma mansoni infection is a major cause of organomegaly and ultimately liver fibrosis in adults. Morbidity in pre-school-aged children is less defined, and they are currently not included in mass drug administration (MDA) programs for schistosomiasis control. We report results of a study of the association of schistosomiasis with organomegaly in a convenience sample of 201 children under 7 years old in Rusinga, Kenya on two cross-sectional visits, before and after praziquantel treatment. ...[more]