Urinary schistosomiasis and malaria associated anemia in Ethiopia
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Urinary schistosomiasis and malaria associated anemia in Ethiopia.
OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of anemia in children with urinary schistosomiasis, malaria and concurrent infections by the two diseases. METHODS Urine and blood samples were collected from 387 children (216 males and 171 females) to examine urinary schistosomiasis and malaria and to determine hemoglobin concentration at Hassoba and Hassoba Buri village in Amibara woreda, Afar region, Eth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2221-1691
DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(13)60068-4