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Marieke J. van der Werf
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 8
Citations - 1016
Marieke J. van der Werf is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Schistosoma haematobium & Health care. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 978 citations. Previous affiliations of Marieke J. van der Werf include Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.
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Quantification of clinical morbidity associated with schistosome infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
Marieke J. van der Werf,Sake J. de Vlas,Simon Brooker,Caspar W. N. Looman,Nico Nagelkerke,J. Dik F. Habbema,Dirk Engels +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that schistosomiasis remains an important public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and the mortality rates due to non-functioning kidney and haematemesis at 150000 and 130000 per year are estimated.
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Schistosomiasis control in Ghana: case management and means for diagnosis and treatment within the health system
TL;DR: The Ghanaian health system needs to emphasize training of health workers in schistosomiasis case recognition and case management and increase the availability of praziquantel, experience from other West African countries indicate that this is feasible.
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Diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis: a novel approach to compare bladder pathology measured by ultrasound and three methods for hematuria detection.
TL;DR: The simple questionnaire approach is not markedly inferior to the other techniques, making it the best option for field use, and higher prevalences of pathology in schools than in communities with the same prevalence of infection are revealed.
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Evaluation of staff performance and material resources for integrated schistosomiasis control in Northern Senegal
Marieke J. van der Werf,Marieke J. van der Werf,Amadou Mbaye,S. Sow,Bruno Gryseels,Sake J. de Vlas +5 more
TL;DR: A project to improve integrated control of schistosomiasis in the primary health care system of Northern Senegal was implemented from February 1995 until September 1999, shortly after a Schistosoma mansoni outbreak.
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Measuring schistosomiasis case management of the health services in Ghana and Mali.
Marieke J. van der Werf,Sake J. de Vlas,Sake J. de Vlas,Aly Landouré,Kwabena M. Bosompem,J. D. F. Habbema +5 more
TL;DR: The clinical scenario study showed that patients reporting with blood in urine will be treated with praziquantel at approximately half of the health care facilities, whereas of those presenting with (bloody) diarrhoea only few would receive treatment with pazquantel.