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Original Articles

The control of urinary schistosomiasis

Trials of niridazole and other drugs in children attending primary schools in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and the failure of a pilot eradication programme

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Pages 407-415 | Received 12 Feb 1968, Published online: 15 Mar 2016

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