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High Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis in a Desert Population: Results from an Exploratory Study Around the Ounianga Lakes in Chad

2021-10-28

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold>: Researching a water-borne disease in the middle of the Sahara desert might not seem the most relevant concern. However, nomadic Sahelian pastoralist’s health concerns regarding their livestock and anecdotal reports about trematode infections of Fasciola spp and Schistosoma spp in desert-raised animals justified an exploratory study focusing on the lakes of Ounia...

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7f352bb9-dc7f-5adb-97af-ad3d70c0e5d9
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-1016632/v1
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