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The COUNTDOWN Study Protocol for Expansion of Mass Drug Administration Strategies against Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Ghana
(1) Background: Current international policy for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) control emphasises mass administration of deworming drugs in school-based programmes. However, this approach is insufficient to control the transmission of these diseases, and their burden in no...
Autores principales: | Campbell, Suzy J., Osei-Atweneboana, Mike Y., Stothard, Russell, Koukounari, Artemis, Cunningham, Lucas, Armoo, Samuel K., Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Gyapong, Margaret, MacPherson, Eleanor, Theobald, Sally, Woode, Maame Esi, Khan, Jahangir, Niessen, Louis, Adams, Emily R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6136637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30720777 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3010010 |
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