Intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda at high altitude (>1400 m): malacological and epidemiological surveys on Mount Elgon and in Fort Portal crater lakes reveal extra preventive chemotherapy needs

BACKGROUND: Intestinal schistosomiasis is of public health importance in Uganda but communities living above 1400 m are not targeted for control as natural transmission is thought unlikely. To assess altitudinal boundaries and at-risk populations, conjoint malacological and epidemiological surveys w...

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Autores principales: Stanton, Michelle C., Adriko, Moses, Arinaitwe, Moses, Howell, Alison, Davies, Juliet, Allison, Gillian, LaCourse, E. James, Muheki, Edridah, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Stothard, J. Russell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28162096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0248-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28162096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0248-8

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