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Epidemiology and control of intestinal schistosomiasis on the Sesse Islands, Uganda: integrating malacology and parasitology to tailor local treatment recommendations
BACKGROUND: Intestinal schistosomiasis is often widespread among the populations living around Lake Victoria and on its islands. The Sesse Island group (containing some 84 islands), however, is typically assumed to be a low prevalence zone, with limited transmission, but has never been surveyed in d...
Autores principales: | Standley, Claire J, Adriko, Moses, Arinaitwe, Moses, Atuhaire, Aaron, Kazibwe, Francis, Fenwick, Alan, Kabatereine, Narcis B, Stothard, J Russell |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920240/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-64 |
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