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Identification of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in a Nonhuman Primate from St. Kitts More than 50 Years after Interruption of Human Transmission
Transmission of Schistosoma mansoni was interrupted on St. Kitts, a Caribbean island, in the 1950s. With no reported cases since that time and most Biomphalaria spp. snail populations eliminated based on surveys in the 1970s, S. mansoni has been considered eliminated on St. Kitts. In 2019, S. manson...
Autores principales: | Ketzis, Jennifer K., Lejeune, Manigandan, Branford, Ian, Beierschmitt, Amy, Willingham, Arve Lee |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7695088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32996451 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0282 |
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