Improving public health control of schistosomiasis with a modified WHO strategy: a model-based comparison study

Summary: Background: Schistosomiasis is endemic in many low-income and middle-income countries. To reduce infection-associated morbidity, WHO has published guidelines for control of schistosomiasis based on targeted mass drug administration (MDA) and, in 2017, on supplemental snail control. We comp...

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Main Authors: Emily Y Li, BS, David Gurarie, ProfPhD, Nathan C Lo, MD, Xuewei Zhu, BS, Charles H King, ProfMD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19303468