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Understanding the relationship between egg- and antigen-based diagnostics of Schistosoma mansoni infection pre- and post-treatment in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a major socio-economic and public health problem in many sub-Saharan African countries. After large mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns, prevalence of infection rapidly returns to pre-treatment levels. The traditional egg-based diagnostic for schistosome infection...

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Autores principales: Prada, Joaquín M., Touloupou, Panayiota, Adriko, Moses, Tukahebwa, Edridah M., Lamberton, Poppy H. L., Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5759883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2580-z