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Distribution of urogenital schistosomiasis and HIV infection in a typical rural South African population with rapid increase in access to piped water and sanitation: Implications for public health

South Africa, 2017 - 2018
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Reference ID
AHRI.Schisto.ClinData.2018.v1
Producer(s)
Professor Frank Tanser, Mr Sipho Zulu,
Metadata
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Created on
Dec 14, 2018
Last modified
Dec 14, 2018
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    AHRI.Schisto.ClinData.2018.v1
    Title

    Distribution of urogenital schistosomiasis and HIV infection in a typical rural South African population with rapid increase in access to piped water and sanitation: Implications for public health
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZA
    Abstract

    The dataset generated will be used to determine the distribution of schistosomiasis in the population (aged 15-50 years) and also used with the other datasets, will locate the hotspots for schisto-HIV coinfection in the population and also identify causal factors for the distribution.
    Kind of Data

    Survey Data
    Unit of Analysis

    Demographic data, each participant was asked a set of questions on the history of bilharzia and also the understanding of it as well as frequency of water contact
    Clinical data, each participant has one urine test results. None of the participants were tested twice.

    Version

    Version Description

    V1.0.0

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    Schistosomiasis-hiv coinfection distribution Africa Health Research Institute www.ahri.org
    Keywords
    Tuberculosis

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    uMkhanyakude district in northern KwaZulu-Natal
    Universe

    Individuals aged 15-50 years (both males and females) who are resident members of households in the AHRI DSS area

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Professor Frank Tanser UCL; AHRI
    Mr Sipho Zulu UKZN; AHRI
    Producers
    Name
    Africa Health Research Institute
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Research Development Grant (UKZN) Core funding
    College of Health Sciences scholarship Core funding
    University Capacity Development Program Core funding
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Dr. Kobus, Herbst AHRI Chief Information Officer
    Dickman, Gareta AHRI Head of Research Data Management
    Njabulo Dayi AHRI Data management, data cleaning

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    All individuals aged 15-50 years who are resident members of households in the DSS area were eligible to participate in the schistosomiasis study.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2017-08-01 2018-03-29

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    NA

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI.AHRI.Schisto.ClinData.2018.v1
    Producers
    Name
    Africa Health Research Institute
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