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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...
Autores principales: | Mueller, Andreas, Fuss, Antje, Ziegler, Uwe, Kaatano, Godfrey M., Mazigo, Humphrey D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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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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