Measuring morbidity associated with urinary schistosomiasis: assessing levels of excreted urine albumin and urinary tract pathologies.

• Main Authors: José C Sousa-Figueiredo (Author), María-Gloria Basáñez (Author), I Simba Khamis (Author), Amadou Garba (Author), David Rollinson (Author), J Russell Stothard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Urinary schistosomiasis is responsible for a variety of debilitating conditions; foremost perhaps are urinary tract pathologies (UTPs). Although portable ultrasonography can be used to detect UTPs visually, there is still a need for rapid morbidity assessment (henceforth referred to as Ra...