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Schistosomiasis control in Africa: 8 years after World Health Assembly Resolution 54·19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2009

L. SAVIOLI ,
A. F. GABRIELLI ,
A. MONTRESOR ,
L. CHITSULO  and
D. ENGELS
L. SAVIOLI*
Affiliation:
Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
A. F. GABRIELLI
Affiliation:
Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
A. MONTRESOR
Affiliation:
Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
L. CHITSULO
Affiliation:
Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
D. ENGELS
Affiliation:
Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
*
*Corresponding author: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 791-2664. Fax: +41 22 791-4777. E-mail: saviolil@who.int
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SECTION 1 ADVOCACY AND DEFINING AREAS IN NEED OF CONTROL
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Parasitology , Volume 136 , Special Issue 13: Control of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa , November 2009 , pp. 1677 - 1681
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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