Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best.

• Автори: Susanne H Sokolow (Автор), Chelsea L Wood (Автор), Isabel J Jones (Автор), Scott J Swartz (Автор), Melina Lopez (Автор), Michael H Hsieh (Автор), Kevin D Lafferty (Автор), Armand M Kuris (Автор), Chloe Rickards (Автор), Giulio A De Leo (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
• Онлайн доступ: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Despite control efforts, human schistosomiasis remains prevalent throughout Africa, Asia, and South America. The global schistosomiasis burden has changed little since the new anthelmintic drug, praziquantel, promised widespread control. METHODOLOGY:We evaluated large-scale schistosomiasi...