Accuracy of the WHO praziquantel dose pole for large-scale community treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in northern Mozambique: Is it time for an update?

BACKGROUND: A pioneering strategy developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the control of schistosomiasis was the concept of a height-based dose pole to determine praziquantel (PZQ) dosing in large-scale treatment campaigns. However, some recent studies have shown variable accuracy for t...

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Autores principales: Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, Pedro H., Dhanani, Neerav, King, Charles H., Campbell, Carl H., Aurelio, Herminio O., Ferro, Josefo, Nala, Rassul, Fenwick, Alan, Phillips, Anna E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6264897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30439945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006957

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