Impact of the scale-up of piped water on urogenital schistosomiasis infection in rural South Africa
Recent work has estimated that sub-Saharan Africa could lose US$3.5 billion of economic productivity every year as a result of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. One of the main interventions to control schistosomiasis is the provision of safe water to limit the contact with infecte...
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| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2018-02-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/33065 |