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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 103, 2009 - Issue 6
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The presumptive treatment of all school-aged children is the least costly strategy for schistosomiasis control in Plateau and Nasarawa states, Nigeria

J. GutmanEmory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2015 Uppergate Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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F. O. RichardsThe Carter Center One Copenhill, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
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A. EigegeThe Carter Center Nigeria, Junction: Jeka Kadima Street, Off Tudun Wada Ring Road, P.O. Box 772, Jos, Nigeria
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J. UmaruThe Carter Center Nigeria, Junction: Jeka Kadima Street, Off Tudun Wada Ring Road, P.O. Box 772, Jos, Nigeria
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K. AlphonsusThe Carter Center Nigeria, Junction: Jeka Kadima Street, Off Tudun Wada Ring Road, P.O. Box 772, Jos, Nigeria
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E. S. MiriThe Carter Center Nigeria, Junction: Jeka Kadima Street, Off Tudun Wada Ring Road, P.O. Box 772, Jos, Nigeria
Pages 501-511 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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