Intestinal schistosomiasis of Ijinga Island, north-western Tanzania: prevalence, intensity of infection, hepatosplenic morbidities and their associated factors

BACKGROUND: Intestinal schistosomiasis is highly endemic in Tanzania and mass drug administration (MDA) using praziquantel is the mainstay of the control program. However, the MDA program covers only school aged children and does not include neither adult individuals nor other public health measures...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Andreas, Fuss, Antje, Ziegler, Uwe, Kaatano, Godfrey M., Mazigo, Humphrey D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6781372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31590657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4451-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6781372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31590657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4451-z

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