Measuring morbidity associated with urinary schistosomiasis: assessing levels of excreted urine albumin and urinary tract pathologies.

BACKGROUND:Urinary schistosomiasis is responsible for a variety of debilitating conditions; foremost perhaps are urinary tract pathologies (UTPs). Although portable ultrasonography can be used to detect UTPs visually, there is still a need for rapid morbidity assessment (henceforth referred to as Ra...

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Main Authors: José C Sousa-Figueiredo, María-Gloria Basáñez, I Simba Khamis, Amadou Garba, David Rollinson, J Russell Stothard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2752803?pdf=render