Patterns of Schistosoma haematobium infection, impact of praziquantel treatment and re-infection after treatment in a cohort of schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South Africa

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is one of the major health problems in tropical and sub-tropical countries, with school age children usually being the most affected group. In 1998 the Department of Health of the province of KwaZulu-Natal established a pilot programme for helminth control that aimed at r...

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Autores principales: Saathoff, Elmar, Olsen, Annette, Magnussen, Pascal, Kvalsvig, Jane D, Becker, Wilhelm, Appleton, Chris C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15471549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-4-40

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