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Advocacy, policies and practicalities of preventive chemotherapy campaigns for African children with schistosomiasis

J Russell Stothard Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK. [email protected]; Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK. [email protected]
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José C Sousa-Figueiredo Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK; Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK; Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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Annalan MD Navaratnam Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK
Pages 733-752 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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