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Open Access | Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of grade three primary schoolchildren in relation to schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in Zimbabwe

Submitted by patrick sampao on June 13, 2011 - 14:54
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Nicholas Midzi, Sekesai Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Takafira Mduluza, et al.
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BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:169, 13 June 2011
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This study sought to assess KAP of grade 3 children in relation to schistosomiasis, STHs and malaria in order to establish an effective school based health education for disease transmission control.

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Open Access | Impact of Schistosome Infection on Plasmodium falciparum Malariometric Indices and Immune Correlates in School Age Children in Burma Valley, Zimbabwe

Submitted by Kabogo on November 16, 2010 - 10:13
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Davison T. Sangweme, Nicholas Midzi, Sekesai Zinyowera-Mutapuri, Takafira Mduluza, Marie Diener-West, Nirbhay Kumar
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PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4(11): e882
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A group of children aged 6–17 years was recruited and followed up for 12 months to study the impact of schistosome infection on malaria parasite prevalence, density, distribution and anemia.

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Consequences of polyparasitism on anaemia among primary school children in Zimbabwe

Submitted by Kabogo on May 25, 2010 - 08:55
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N. Midzi, S. Mtapuri-Zinyowera, M.P. Mapingure, D. Sangweme, M.T. Chirehwa, K.C. Brouwer, J. Mudzori, G. Hlerema, F. Mutapi, N. Kumar, T. Mduluza
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Acta Tropica, Volume 115, Issues 1-2, July-August 2010, Pages 103-111
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The effect of concomitant infection with schistosomes, Plasmodium falciparum and soil transmitted helminths (STHs) on anaemia was determined in 609 Zimbabwean primary school children.

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