New insights into the molecular epidemiology and population genetics of Schistosoma mansoni in Ugandan pre-school children and mothers.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on December 12, 2013

Authors

Martha Betson1, Jose C Sousa-Figueiredo2, Narcis B Kabatereine3, J Russell Stothard4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Production and Population Health, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
2: Parasitology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom ; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
3: Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
4: Parasitology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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