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An economic evaluation of expanding hookworm control strategies to target the whole community

BACKGROUND: The WHO treatment guidelines for the soil-transmitted helminths (STH) focus on targeting children for the control of morbidity induced by heavy infections. However, unlike the other STHs, the majority of hookworm infections are harboured by adults. This untreated burden may have importan...

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Autores principales: Turner, Hugo C., Truscott, James E., Bettis, Alison A., Shuford, Kathryn V., Dunn, Julia C., Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre, Brooker, Simon J., Anderson, Roy M.
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/PMC4635541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26542226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1187-5