Use of Fecal Occult Blood Tests as Epidemiologic Indicators of Morbidity Associated with Intestinal Schistosomiasis during Preventive Chemotherapy in Young Children

There is a need for field-applicable markers to assess morbidity associated with intestinal schistosomiasis, especially in the context of preventive chemotherapy in young children. We investigated whether fecal occult blood (FOB) point-of-care tests could be used to assess intestinal pathology over...

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Autores principales: Betson, Martha, Sousa-Figueiredo, José Carlos, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Stothard, J. Russell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22927499
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0059

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22927499
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0059

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