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Missed opportunity of deworming a Maasai boy from nomadic family leading to life threatening intestinal obstruction

Mass deworming against soil-transmitted helminthiasis, including Ascaris lumbricoides (AL), is one of the largest public health interventions in low- and middle-income countries. The prevalence of A. lumbricoides in Tanzania is 6.8%. We present a 3-year-old male of a known Tanzanian nomadic tribe (M...

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Autores principales: Pyuza, Jeremia J, Andongolile, Alice A, Issangya, Christain E, Msuya, David, Yahaya, James J, Shao, Elichilia R, Mremi, Alex R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa096