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Evaluation of morbidity in Schistosoma mansoni-positive primary and secondary school children after four years of mass drug administration of praziquantel in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: World Health Organization guidelines recommend preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel to control morbidity due to schistosomiasis. The primary aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine if 4 years of annual mass drug administration (MDA) in primary and secondary schools lowere...
Autores principales: | Abudho, Bernard O., Guyah, Bernard, Ondigo, Bartholomew N., Ndombi, Eric M., Ireri, Edmund, Carter, Jennifer M., Riner, Diana K., Kittur, Nupur, Karanja, Diana M. S., Colley, Daniel G. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32539826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-00690-7 |
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