Determining treatment needs at different spatial scales using geostatistical model-based risk estimates of schistosomiasis.

BACKGROUND: After many years of neglect, schistosomiasis control is going to scale. The strategy of choice is preventive chemotherapy, that is the repeated large-scale administration of praziquantel (a safe and highly efficacious drug) to at-risk populations. The frequency of praziquantel administra...

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Main Authors: Nadine Schur, Penelope Vounatsou, Jürg Utzinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3441409?pdf=render