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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...
Autores principales: | Betson, Martha, Sousa-Figueiredo, José Carlos, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Stothard, J. Russell |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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