Young Adults in Endemic Areas: An Untreated Group in Need of School-Based Preventive Chemotherapy for Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination

Young Adults in Endemic Areas: An Untreated Group in Need of School-Based Preventive Chemotherapy for Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination

Parasitologic surveys of young adults in college and university settings are not commonly done, even in areas known to be endemic for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths. We have done a survey of 291 students and staff at the Kisumu National Polytechnic in Kisumu, Kenya, using the stool m...

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Main Authors: Harrison K. Korir, Diana K. Riner, Emmy Kavere, Amos Omondi, Jasmine Landry, Nupur Kittur, Eric M. Ndombi, Bartholomew N. Ondigo, W. Evan Secor, Diana M. S. Karanja, Daniel G. Colley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
schistosomiasis
Kato-Katz
POC-CCA
young adults
soil-transmitted helminths
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/3/100

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