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Controlling schistosomiasis with praziquantel: How much longer without a viable alternative?
The current approach of morbidity control of schistosomiasis, a helminth disease of poverty with considerable public health and socioeconomic impact, is based on preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel. There is a pressing need for new drugs against this disease whose control entirely depends on t...
Autores principales: | Bergquist, Robert, Utzinger, Jürg, Keiser, Jennifer |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28351414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0286-2 |
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