Impact of community piped water coverage on re-infection with urogenital schistosomiasis in rural South Africa

Previously, we demonstrated that coverage of piped water in the seven years preceding a parasitological survey was strongly predictive of Schistosomiasis haematobium infection in a nested cohort of 1976 primary school children (Tanser, 2018). Here, we report on the prospective follow up of infected...

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Main Authors: Polycarp Mogeni, Alain Vandormael, Diego Cuadros, Christopher Appleton, Frank Tanser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-03-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/54012