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The roles of water, sanitation and hygiene in reducing schistosomiasis: a review

Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. Transmission of, and exposure to, the parasite result from faecal or urinary contamination of freshwater containing intermediate host snails, and dermal contact with the same water. The World Health Assembly...

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Autores principales: Grimes, Jack ET, Croll, David, Harrison, Wendy E, Utzinger, Jürg, Freeman, Matthew C, Templeton, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0766-9

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