Publications

the status of schistosoma mansoni and snail hosts in tigray and northern wello regions, northern ethiopia.	a survey of schistosoma mansoni infection and snail hosts was carried out in 1992 in six accessible schools and 11 water bodies respectively. five to ten per cent of the students were randomly selected for stool examination by the ritichie's method. in adwa town, however, stools of 100 students out of the 199 selected were re-examined by kato's method to assess intensity of infection. results of stools examined by ritichie's method showed that s. mansoni positive patients were present in four ou ...	1994	7835353
newly identified endemic areas of schistosomiasis mansoni in tigray, northern ethiopia.	a survey of schistosomiasis mansoni and snail hosts was conducted in 1992-93 in tigray region. forty accessible communities were selected at random and a total of 4786 children from elementary and junior high schools were examined for schistosomiasis mansoni infection. schistosomiasis mansoni positive children were found in 32 (80%) communities with prevalences ranging from 1% to 66% and an overall prevalence of 18.4%. human prevalences of 5% and above were observed in 25 communities of which 19 ...	1996	8840609