Control of schistosomiasis: report of a workshop
Hoffman, D.B.; Lehman, J.S.; Scott, V.C.; Warren, K.S.; Webbe, G.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 28(2): 249-259
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9637 PMID: 110155 Document Number: 141128
The meeting of 19 scientists, field workers, and representatives of funding agencies active in schistosomiasis research and control in Bellagio, Italy, on 24 to 29 October 1977, is reported. The participants concluded that in the major endemic areas considerable gains in control could be made with current technology. However, maintenance of control in most countries, and establishment of serious control programmes in countries in which schistosomiasis is a less severe public health problem, would require development of less expensive methods which would need little monitoring and possibly have benefits extending beyond schistosomiasis control. There are 60 references. A more detailed informal record of the proceedings entitled "Optimal Strategies for the Control of Schistosomiasis" is available from the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in New York.