Predicting the impact of school-based treatment for urinary schistosomiasis given by the Ghana Partnership for Child Development

被引：17

作者：

Chan, MS

Nsowah-Nuamah, NNN

Adjei, S

Wen, ST

Hall, A

Bundy, DAP

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Wellcome Trust Ctr Epidemol Infect Dis, Oxford OX1 3PS, England

[2] Ghana Partnership Child Dev, Hlth Res Unit, Accra, Ghana

[3] Univ Ghana, Inst Stat Social & Econ Res, Legon, Ghana

来源：

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 1998年 / 92卷 / 04期

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

schistosomiasis; Schistosoma haematobium; prevalence; chemotherapy; children; epidemiology; mathematical model;

D O I：

10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91057-4

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Mathematical models can be used to predict the impact of interventions to control infectious diseases. In this paper, an epidemiological model is used to predict the impact of chemotherapy of school-age children infected with Schistosoma haematobium, in a programme conducted by the Ghana Partnership for Child Development in the Volta Region, Ghana. Existing data were used to validate the predictions of the model, demonstrating convincingly the ability of the model to make correct predictions. Predictions of trends in mean egg count, infection prevalence and prevalence of heavy infection (>50 eggs/10 mL urine) were then made for the period 1997-1999, and will be compared to the data collected in the programme in the future.

引用

页码：386 / 389

页数：4

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