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Low Levels of Awareness Despite High Prevalence of Schistosomiasis among Communities in Nyalenda Informal Settlement, Kisumu City, Western Kenya

INTRODUCTION: Intestinal schistosomiasis is widely distributed around Lake Victoria in Kenya where about 16 million people in 56 districts are at risk of the infection with over 9.1 million infected. Its existence in rural settings has been extensively studied compared to urban settings where there...

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Autores principales:	Odhiambo, Gladys O., Musuva, Rosemary M., Atuncha, Vincent O., Mutete, Elizabeth T., Odiere, Maurice R., Onyango, Rosebella O., Alaii, Jane A., Mwinzi, Pauline N. M.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974654/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699502 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002784

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