Phenotypic and genotypic monitoring of Schistosoma mansoni in Tanzanian schoolchildren five years into a preventative chemotherapy national control programme

BACKGROUND: Schistosoma mansoni is a parasite of profound medical importance. Current control focusses on mass praziquantel (PZQ) treatment of populations in endemic areas, termed Preventative Chemotherapy (PC). Large-scale PC programmes exert prolonged selection pressures on parasites with the pote...

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Published in:Parasit Vectors
Main Authors: Gower, Charlotte M., Gehre, Florian, Marques, Sara R., Lamberton, Poppy H. L., Lwambo, Nicholas J., Webster, Joanne P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712074/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29197426
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2533-6
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