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Fortification of Carica papaya fruit seeds to school meal snacks may aid Africa mass deworming programs: a preliminary survey

BACKGROUND: Soil transmitted helminths (STHs) are among the world’s neglected tropical diseases. Morbidity due to STHs is greatest in school-age children who typically have the highest burden of infection. In 2001, WHO passed a resolution for the use of large-scale mass drug administration (MDA) to...

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Autores principales: Kugo, M., Keter, L., Maiyo, A., Kinyua, J., Ndemwa, P., Maina, G., Otieno, P., Songok, E. M.
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/PMC6286506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-018-2379-2