Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 146-152 , March 2003

Schistosomiasis control in Ghana: case management and means for diagnosis and treatment within the health system

  • Marieke J. van der Werf

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Marieke J. van der Werf, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P. O. B. 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands; phone +31 10 4087714, fax +31 10 4089449.
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P. O. B. 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Kwabena M. Bosompem

      Affiliations

    • Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
    • ,
  • Sake J. de Vlas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P. O. B. 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium

Received 5 June 2002 ,Revised 23 October 2002 ,Accepted 24 October 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 146-152 , March 2003

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