Projecting the long-term impact of school- or community-based mass-treatment interventions for control of Schistosoma infection.
<h4>Background</h4>Schistosomiasis remains a significant health burden in many areas of the world. Morbidity control, focused on limiting infection intensity through periodic delivery of anti-schistosomal medicines, is the thrust of current World Health Organization guidelines (2006) for...
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| Main Authors: | Xiaoxia Wang, David Gurarie, Peter L Mungai, Eric M Muchiri, Uriel Kitron, Charles H King |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0001903&type=printable |
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