Questionnaires for rapid screening of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa
New initiatives are aiming to reduce the global burden of schistosomiasis, mainly through the large-scale application of chemotherapy. To target chemotherapy effectively, rapid assessment procedures are needed for identifying high-risk communities that are foci for the disease. In this review, we ex...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2002-01-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000300010 |