Determining Treatment Needs at Different Spatial Scales Using Geostatistical Model-Based Risk Estimates of Schistosomiasis

BACKGROUND: After many years of neglect, schistosomiasis control is going to scale. The strategy of choice is preventive chemotherapy, that is the repeated large-scale administration of praziquantel (a safe and highly efficacious drug) to at-risk populations. The frequency of praziquantel administra...

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Autores principales: Schur, Nadine, Vounatsou, Penelope, Utzinger, Jürg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001773

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001773

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