Elimination of schistosomiasis transmission in Zanzibar: baseline findings before the onset of a randomized intervention trial.

• Main Authors: Stefanie Knopp (Author), Bobbie Person (Author), Shaali M Ame (Author), Khalfan A Mohammed (Author), Said M Ali (Author), I Simba Khamis (Author), Muriel Rabone (Author), Fiona Allan (Author), Anouk Gouvras (Author), Lynsey Blair (Author), Alan Fenwick (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), David Rollinson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Gaining and sustaining control of schistosomiasis and, whenever feasible, achieving local elimination are the year 2020 targets set by the World Health Organization. In Zanzibar, various institutions and stakeholders have joined forces to eliminate urogenital schistosomiasis within 5 years. We repor...