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Schistosomiasis in Africa: Improving strategies for long-term and sustainable morbidity control.

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Main Authors:	Michael D French (Author), Darin Evans (Author), Fiona M Fleming (Author), W Evan Secor (Author), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (Author), Simon J Brooker (Author), Amaya Bustinduy (Author), Anouk Gouvras (Author), Narcis Kabatereine (Author), Charles H King (Author), Maria Rebollo Polo (Author), Jutta Reinhard-Rupp (Author), David Rollinson (Author), Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Johannes Waltz (Author), Yaobi Zhang (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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