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An accident waiting to happen? Exposing the potential of urogenital schistosomiasis transmission in the Lake Albert region, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Urogenital schistosomiasis caused by the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium is the most common form of that constitutes a majority of over 240 million schistosomiasis cases. The enigmatic absence of urogenital schistosomiasis in Uganda has, until now, been attributed to the ab...
Autores principales: | Tumusiime, Julius, Kagoro-Rugunda, Grace, Tolo, Casim Umba, Namirembe, Daisy, Schols, Ruben, Hammoud, Cyril, Albrecht, Christian, Huyse, Tine |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10623741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37919743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-06017-3 |
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