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Controlling Tungiasis in an Impoverished Community: An Intervention Study

BACKGROUND: In Brazil, tungiasis is endemic in some resource-poor communities where various domestic and sylvatic animals act as reservoirs for this zoonosis. To determine the effect of control measures on the prevalence and intensity of infestation of human and animal tungiasis, a repeated cross-se...

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Autores principales:	Pilger, Daniel, Schwalfenberg, Stefan, Heukelbach, Jörg, Witt, Lars, Mencke, Norbert, Khakban, Adak, Feldmeier, Hermann
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2008
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2565488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18941513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000324

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