The economic impact of schistosomiasis

• Main Authors: Daniele Rinaldo (Author), Javier Perez-Saez (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Jean-Louis Arcand (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The economic impact of schistosomiasis and the underlying tradeoffs between water resources development and public health concerns have yet to be quantified. Schistosomiasis exerts large health, social and financial burdens on infected individuals and households. While irrigation...