Improving public health control of schistosomiasis with a modified WHO strategy: a model-based comparison study

• Egile Nagusiak: Emily Y Li, BS (Egilea), David Gurarie, ProfPhD (Egilea), Nathan C Lo, MD (Egilea), Xuewei Zhu, BS (Egilea), Charles H King, ProfMD (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Elsevier, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Summary: Background: Schistosomiasis is endemic in many low-income and middle-income countries. To reduce infection-associated morbidity, WHO has published guidelines for control of schistosomiasis based on targeted mass drug administration (MDA) and, in 2017, on supplemental snail control. We compa...