Schistosomiasis Prevalence and Intensity of Infection in Latin America and the Caribbean Countries, 1942-2014: A Systematic Review in the Context of a Regional Elimination Goal

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Zoni, Ana Clara ^a   Catalá, Laura ^b   Ault, Steven K ^b  

^a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization ^*  (Spain)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DISEASE ERADICATION; PROCEDURES;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84962361653     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004493     Document Type: Article

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