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Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best

BACKGROUND: Despite control efforts, human schistosomiasis remains prevalent throughout Africa, Asia, and South America. The global schistosomiasis burden has changed little since the new anthelmintic drug, praziquantel, promised widespread control. METHODOLOGY: We evaluated large-scale schistosomia...

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Autores principales: Sokolow, Susanne H., Wood, Chelsea L., Jones, Isabel J., Swartz, Scott J., Lopez, Melina, Hsieh, Michael H., Lafferty, Kevin D., Kuris, Armand M., Rickards, Chloe, De Leo, Giulio A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27441556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004794