Schistosomiasis elimination - Authors' reply

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 346-347

  Gray, Darren J ^a,b,c   McManus, Donald P ^c   Li, Yuesheng ^c,d   Williams, Gail M ^b   Bergquist, Robert ^e   Ross, Allen G ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^e Ingerod ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 79955423202     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70111-6     Document Type: Letter

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