在塞拉利昂进行集群采样,重新评估九个特有地区的杆菌病

Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour1, Victoria Redwood-Sawyerr2, Abdulai Conteh1

  • 1National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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概括

在塞拉利昂,经过十年的大规模药物管理后,istosomiasis 的患病率显著下降. 然而,针对性干预仍然需要在高发病率的族长中消除这种疾病.

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