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Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy
BACKGROUND: The cornerstone of current schistosomiasis control programmes is delivery of praziquantel to at-risk populations. Such preventive chemotherapy requires accurate information on the geographic distribution of infection, yet the performance of alternative survey designs for estimating preva...
Autores principales: | Knowles, Sarah C. L., Sturrock, Hugh J. W., Turner, Hugo, Whitton, Jane M., Gower, Charlotte M., Jemu, Samuel, Phillips, Anna E., Meite, Aboulaye, Thomas, Brent, Kollie, Karsor, Thomas, Catherine, Rebollo, Maria P., Styles, Ben, Clements, Michelle, Fenwick, Alan, Harrison, Wendy E., Fleming, Fiona M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5464666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28552961 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005599 |
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