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Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Cote dIvoire: effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control Coulibaly JT, Fürst T, Silué KD, Knopp S, Hauri D, Ouattara M, Utzinger J, NGoran EK Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:135 (6 July 2012)   Please read complete article http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-5-135.pdf Background “Social-ecological systems govern parasitic infections in humans. Within the frame of assessing the accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni in Cote dIvoire, three different endemicity settings had to be identified and schoolchildrens intestinal parasitic infection profiles were characterized.”[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]