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Uptake of Preventive Treatment for Intestinal Schistosomiasis among School Children in Jinja District, Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study
BACKGROUND: In Uganda, the current national health sector strategic and investment plan underscores schistosomiasis as one of the diseases targeted for elimination by the year 2015. However, uptake of treatment among school children is unknown but suspected to be low. We estimated the uptake and pre...
Autores principales: | Muhumuza, Simon, Olsen, Annette, Katahoire, Anne, Nuwaha, Fred |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3646788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23667617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063438 |
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