The contribution of water contact behavior to the high Schistosoma mansoni Infection rates observed in the Senegal River Basin

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is one of the major parasitic diseases in the world in terms of people infected and those at risk. Infection occurs through contact with water contaminated with larval forms of the parasite, which are released by freshwater snails and then penetrate the skin of people. Sc...

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Autores principales: Sow, Seydou, de Vlas, Sake J, Stelma, Foekje, Vereecken, Kim, Gryseels, Bruno, Polman, Katja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21767372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-198

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21767372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-198

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