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Update on the Geographic Distribution of the Intermediate Host Snails of Schistosoma mansoni on St. Lucia: A Step Toward Confirming the Interruption of Transmission of Human Schistosomiasis
To provide information to guide considerations of declaring interruption of transmission of human schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni on St. Lucia, we undertook an island-wide survey in June–July 2022 to determine the presence of Biomphalaria snails, the intermediate hosts of S. mansoni, and...
Autores principales: | Mukaratirwa, Samson, Laidemitt, Martina R., Hewitt, Reynold, Sengupta, Mita E., Marchi, Silvia, Polius, Consortia, Belmar, Sharon, Scholte, Ronaldo G. C., Perez, Freddy, Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Vennervald, Birgitte J., Willingham, Arve L., Loker, Eric S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10551094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37580035 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0235 |
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