Long term study on the effect of mollusciciding with niclosamide in stream habitats on the transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni after community-based chemotherapy in Makueni District, Kenya

BACKGROUND: Schistosoma mansoni infection is a persistent public health problem in many Kenyan communities. Although praziquantel is available, re-infection after chemotherapy treatment is inevitable, especially among children. Chemotherapy followed by intermittent mollusciciding of habitats of Biom...

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Autores principales: Kariuki, Henry C, Madsen, Henry, Ouma, John H, Butterworth, Anthony E, Dunne, David W, Booth, Mark, Kimani, Gachuhi, Mwatha, Joseph K, Muchiri, Eric, Vennervald, Birgitte J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23596985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-107

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