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Knowledge and awareness of genital involvement and reproductive health consequences of urogenital schistosomiasis in endemic communities in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization, in the year 2009, renamed Schistosomiasis haematobium disease, urinary schistosomiasis, as urogenital schistosomiasis. This study, sought to determine whether urogenital schistosomiasis endemic community members were aware of the broadened scope of the dise...

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Autores principales:	Yirenya-Tawiah, Dzidzo R., Ackumey, Mercy M., Bosompem, Kwabena M.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0238-5

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