Control and Elimination of Schistosomiasis as a Public Health Problem: Thresholds Fail to Differentiate Schistosomiasis Morbidity Prevalence in Children

BACKGROUND: Current World Health Organization guidelines utilize prevalence of heavy-intensity infections (PHIs), that is, ≥50 eggs per 10 mL of urine for Schistosoma haematobium and ≥400 eggs per gram of stool for S. mansoni, to determine whether a targeted area has controlled schistosomiasis morbi...

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Autores principales: Wiegand, Ryan E, Secor, W Evan, Fleming, Fiona M, French, Michael D, King, Charles H, Montgomery, Susan P, Evans, Darin, Utzinger, Jürg, Vounatsou, Penelope, de Vlas, Sake J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab179

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab179

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