The current epidemiological status of urogenital schistosomiasis among primary school pupils in Katsina State, Nigeria: An imperative for a scale up of water and sanitation initiative and mass administration of medicines with Praziquantel.
Human schistosomiasis, a debilitating and chronic disease, is among a set of 17 neglected tropical infectious diseases of poverty that is currently posing a threat to the wellbeing of 2 billion people in the world. The SHAWN/WASH and MAM programmes in the study area require epidemiological data to e...
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Main Authors: | Tolulope Ebenezer Atalabi (Author), Stephen Dumebi Adoh (Author), Kingsley Marvin Eze (Author) |
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2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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