Tailoring Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Targets for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis and Schistosomiasis Control
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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): A Critical Component for Sustainable Soil-Transmitted Helminth and Schistosomiasis Control
1 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 WaterAid Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 Clinical Tropical Medicine Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 Department of Infecti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Trends in Parasitology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1471-4922
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.09.004