Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Previous attempts to assess the health impact of schistosomiasis control programs on community morbidity have been limited by a lack of a theoretical framework that describes the dynamic relationships between infection and morbidity. In this paper, a model of schistosomal morbidity is developed and parameterized. Morbidity is divided into that due to current heavy infection, and early and late stages of chronic disease. The model was parameterized using data showing resolution of disease after treatment, correlations between prevalence of disease and intensity of infection and using age-morbidity profiles. The fitted parameters suggest that early manifestations of disease such as hepatomegaly in Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum infections would resolve relatively quickly following treatment whereas later forms of disease such as liver fibrosis resolve very slowly or not at all. Similar general conclusions were obtained with data on early and late forms of urinary tract morbidity in S. haematobium.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Age Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Hematuria, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Hepatomegaly, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Liver Cirrhosis, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Morbidity, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Parasite Egg Count, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Schistosoma haematobium, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Schistosoma japonicum, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Schistosoma mansoni, pubmed-meshheading:8702023-Schistosomiasis
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Dynamic models of schistosomiasis morbidity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't