Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?

scientific article published on October 2008

Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy? is …
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P356DOI10.2471/BLT.07.047563
P932PMC publication ID2649512
P698PubMed publication ID18949213
P5875ResearchGate publication ID23410519

P50authorHelene CarabinQ28484209
Stephen McGarveyQ60055486
Veronica L TalloQ96691853
Remigio M OlvedaQ124651008
P2093author name stringErnesto Balolong
Portia P Alday
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P433issue10
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectschistosomiasisQ221159
P1104number of pages7
P304page(s)765-771
P577publication date2008-10-01
P1433published inBulletin of the World Health OrganizationQ2928049
P1476titleIs mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?
P478volume86

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