Mass drug administration significantly reduces infection of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in school children in the national control program in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND: The first-ever round of school-based mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel together with mebendazole targeting school-aged children in endemic districts was conducted in 2009 by the National Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program. To evaluate the impact of the treatment r...

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Main Authors: Hodges, Mary H, Dada, Nsa, Warmsley, Anna, Paye, Jusufu, Bangura, Momodu M, Nyorkor, Emanuel, Sonnie, Mustapha, Zhang, Yaobi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282666/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22264258
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-16
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