French, M D and Churcher, T S and Webster, J P and Fleming, F M and Fenwick, A and Kabetereine, N B and Sacko, M and Garba, A and Toure, S and Nyandinidi, U and Mwanza, J and Blair, L and Bosque-Oliva, E and Basáñez, M-G (2015) Estimation of changes in the force of infection for intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in countries with Schistosomiasis Control Initiative-assisted programmes. Parasites & Vectors, 8. p. 558.
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Abstract
The last decade has seen an expansion of national schistosomiasis control programmes in Africa based on large-scale preventative chemotherapy. In many areas this has resulted in considerable reductions in infection and morbidity levels in treated individuals. In this paper, we quantify changes in the force of infection (FOI), defined here as the per (human) host parasite establishment rate, to ascertain the impact on transmission of some of these programmes under the umbrella of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| RVC Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1138-1 |
| Departments: | Pathology and Pathogen Biology |
| Depositing User: | RVC Auto-import |
| Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2020 01:25 |
| URI: | http://researchonline.rvc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9495 |