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Agreement among Four Prevalence Metrics for Urogenital Schistosomiasis in the Eastern Region of Ghana
Joint Authors
Kosinski, Karen Claire
Kulinkina, Alexandra V.
Tybor, David
Osabutey, Dickson
Bosompem, Kwabena M.
Naumova, Elena N.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Few studies assess agreement among Schistosoma haematobium eggs, measured hematuria, and self-reported metrics.
We assessed agreement among four metrics at a single time point and analyzed the stability of infection across two time points with a single metric.
We used data from the Eastern Region of Ghana and constructed logistic regression models.
Girls reporting macrohematuria were 4.1 times more likely to have measured hematuria than girls not reporting macrohematuria (CI95%: 2.1–7.9); girls who swim were 3.6 times more likely to have measured hematuria than nonswimmers (CI95%: 1.6–7.9).
For boys, neither self-reported metric was predictive.
Girls with measured hematuria in 2010 were 3.3 times more likely to be positive in 2012 (CI95%: 1.01–10.5), but boys showed no association.
Boys with measured hematuria in 2008 were 6.0 times more likely to have measured hematuria in 2009 (CI95%: 1.5–23.9) and those with eggs in urine in 2008 were 4.8 times more likely to have eggs in urine in 2009 (CI95%: 1.2–18.8).
For girls, measured hematuria in 2008 predicted a positive test in 2009 (OR = 2.8; CI95%: 1.1–6.8), but egg status did not.
Agreement between dipstick results and eggs suggests continued dipstick used is appropriate.
Self-reported swimming should be further examined.
For effective disease monitoring, we recommend annual dipstick testing.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kosinski, Karen Claire& Kulinkina, Alexandra V.& Tybor, David& Osabutey, Dickson& Bosompem, Kwabena M.& Naumova, Elena N.. 2016. Agreement among Four Prevalence Metrics for Urogenital Schistosomiasis in the Eastern Region of Ghana. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098834
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kosinski, Karen Claire…[et al.]. Agreement among Four Prevalence Metrics for Urogenital Schistosomiasis in the Eastern Region of Ghana. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098834
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kosinski, Karen Claire& Kulinkina, Alexandra V.& Tybor, David& Osabutey, Dickson& Bosompem, Kwabena M.& Naumova, Elena N.. Agreement among Four Prevalence Metrics for Urogenital Schistosomiasis in the Eastern Region of Ghana. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098834
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098834