| the impact of schistosoma haematobium infection and of praziquantel treatment on the growth of primary school children in bertoua, cameroon. | our objective was to determine in a cameroonian school population the effect of mild to moderate s. haematobium infection intensity on growth and development of children before and 6 months after praziquantel treatment. previous studies have yielded contradictory results. children from bertoua schools were divided into four study groups: heavily infected (> 500 eggs 10 ml-1), moderately infected (1-499 eggs 10 ml-1) treated with praziquantel, a similar group treated with placebo, and an uninfect ... | 1992 | 1460700 |
| impact of schistosoma haematobium infection and of praziquantel treatment on anaemia of primary school children in bertoua, cameroon. | there is some debate as to the extent to which schistosoma haematobium haematuria may be the cause of anaemia. our goal was to evaluate the impact of a single 40 mg kg-1 dose of praziquantel on anaemia. since praziquantel does not reduce the hookworm intensity of infection (a major cause of anaemia in children in the area) changes in the prevalence of anaemia in the study population should be due only to the elimination of s. haematobium. seven hundred and seventy-one primary schoolboys from ber ... | 1993 | 8345542 |
| [experimental study of the compatibility between schistosoma haematobium and two species of bulinus in cameroon]. | a study on the compatibility between schistosoma haematobium from three remote localities (mourtourwa, gounougou and kékem) and four populations of bulinus truncatus (gounougou, ngaoundéré, bertoua and kékem) and four populations of b. globosus (mourtourwa, ouroudoukoudje, bafia and yaoundé) was undertaken in order to estimate the risk of extension of urinary schistosomiasis in cameroon. first generation of offspring from wild bulinus was exposed to miracidia liberated by schistosome eggs extrac ... | 2004 | 15104158 |