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Comparison of individual and pooled urine samples for estimating the presence and intensity of Schistosoma haematobium infections at the population level

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of cost-effective diagnostic strategies to evaluate whether mass drug administration (MDA) programmes to control Schistosoma haematobium progress as anticipated. The purpose of this study is to provide a proof-of-principle for examination of pooled urine samples as a stra...

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Autores principales: Degarege, Abraham, Erko, Berhanu, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Legesse, Mengistu, Negash, Yohannes, Vercruysse, Jozef, Levecke, Bruno
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/PMC4647670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26572138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1205-7