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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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