دورية أكاديمية
The performance of school-based questionnaires of reported blood in urine in diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infection: patterns by age and sex.
| العنوان: | The performance of school-based questionnaires of reported blood in urine in diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infection: patterns by age and sex. |
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| المؤلفون: | Guyatt, Helen, Brooker, Simon, Lwambo, Nicholas J. S., Siza, Julius E., Bundy, Donald A. P., Guyatt, H, Brooker, S, Lwambo, N J, Siza, J E, Bundy, D A |
| المصدر: | Tropical Medicine & International Health; Nov99, Vol. 4 Issue 11, p751-757, 7p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | SCHISTOSOMIASIS, SCHISTOSOMA haematobium, URINE |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | TANZANIA |
| مستخلص: | This study investigates the performance of school-based questionnaires of reported blood in urine as an indicator of the prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium infection in schools and the presence of infection in individuals. In most schools (87%), the prevalence of reported blood in urine underestimates the prevalence of S. haematobium infection. Predictive value analysis suggests that a threshold of 30% reported blood in urine would identify most of the high prevalence schools (i.e. those with 50% or more children infected with S. haematobium). Although the prevalence of S. haematobium infection was greater in males than females, girls reported a lower prevalence of blood in urine than boys even at comparable levels of infection. Reported blood in urine in females was more specific (identifying 10% more uninfected girls than the sign in boys), but was far less sensitive (identifying less than 20% of infected girls than boys). The sensitivity of reported blood in urine was also related to age, being significantly lower in girls over 14 years of age. The proportion of infected children who reported blood in urine was also lower in schools where the prevalence of reported blood in urine is less than 30%. The results suggest that the selective treatment of children based on reported blood in urine in low prevalence schools would miss a high proportion of infected children, particularly girls. It remains unclear whether other rapid assessment techniques, such as the use of reagent strips, would offer greater cost-effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: | Complementary Index |
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