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

• Main Authors: Susanne H Sokolow (Author), Chelsea L Wood (Author), Isabel J Jones (Author), Scott J Swartz (Author), Melina Lopez (Author), Michael H Hsieh (Author), Kevin D Lafferty (Author), Armand M Kuris (Author), Chloe Rickards (Author), Giulio A De Leo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...