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