Urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence, knowledge, practices and compliance to MDA among school-age children in an endemic district, southern East Tanzania
Background: Tanzania has a high prevalence of urogenital schistosomiasis. Praziquantel is administered to school-age children on an annual basis as part of efforts to reduce transmission and morbidity associated with heavy infections. We investigated the prevalence, knowledge, and practices of uroge...
Main Authors: | Lupenza, E.T (Author), Nazareth, L.C (Author), Ngasala, B.E (Author), Zacharia, A. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
2022
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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