The proportion of helminth infections in a community in western Kenya which would be treated by mass chemotherapy of schoolchildren
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 92 (2) , 144-148
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90721-0
Abstract
The present study used data from a community-based epidemiological survey of 752 persons in 3 villages in Kisumu District, western Kenya, to examineKeywords
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