An outbreak of intestinal schistosomiasis, alongside increasing urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence, in primary school children on the shoreline of Lake Malawi, Mangochi District, Malawi

• Главные авторы: Sekeleghe A. Kayuni (Автор), Angus M. O'Ferrall (Автор), Hamish Baxter (Автор), Josie Hesketh (Автор), Bright Mainga (Автор), David Lally (Автор), Mohammad H. Al-Harbi (Автор), E. James LaCourse (Автор), Lazarus Juziwelo (Автор), Janelisa Musaya (Автор), Peter Makaula (Автор), J. Russell Stothard (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Intestinal schistosomiasis was not considered endemic in Lake Malawi until November 2017 when populations of Biomphalaria pfeifferi were first reported; in May 2018, emergence of intestinal schistosomiasis was confirmed. This emergence was in spite of ongoing control of urogenita...