Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): A Critical Component for Sustainable Soil-Transmitted Helminth and Schistosomiasis Control
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1 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 WaterAid Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 Clinical Tropical Medicine Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 WaterAid, London, United Kingdom, 7 School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 8 Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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دوره 8 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014