Schistosomiasis in African infants and preschool children: let them now be treated!

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Published in Trends Parasitol on March 04, 2013

Authors

J Russell Stothard1, José C Sousa-Figueiredo, Martha Betson, Amaya Bustinduy, Jutta Reinhard-Rupp

Author Affiliations

1: Parasitology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK. jrstoth@liv.ac.uk

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