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Community perceptions, attitude, practices and treatment seeking behaviour for schistosomiasis in L. Victoria islands in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Over 200,000 people, most of them infected with Schistosoma mansoni inhabit 150 islands in Lake Victoria in Uganda. Although a programme to control the disease has been ongoing since 2003, its implementation in islands is inadequate due to high transport costs on water. In 2011 and 2012,...

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Autores principales: Kabatereine, Narcis, Fleming, Fiona, Thuo, Wangechi, Tinkitina, Benjamin, Tukahebwa, Edridah M, Fenwick, Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4307169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25495121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-900