Elimination of schistosomiasis: the tools required
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Elimination of schistosomiasis: the tools required
BACKGROUND Historically, the target in the schistosomiasis control has shifted from infection to morbidity, then back to infection, but now as a public health problem, before moving on to transmission control. Currently, all endemic countries are encouraged to increase control efforts and move towards elimination as required by the World Health Organization (WHO) roadmap for the global control ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases of Poverty
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2049-9957
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0370-7