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Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of praziquantel against schistosomes in seven countries with ongoing large-scale deworming programs
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends periodic assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of praziquantel (PZQ) to detect reduced efficacy that may arise from drug resistance in schistosomes. In this multi-country study (2014), we assessed the therapeutic efficacy of a single oral dose of PZQ (...
Autores principales: | Levecke, B., Vlaminck, J., Andriamaro, L., Ame, S., Belizario, V., Degarege, A., Engels, D., Erko, B., Garba, A.D., Kaatano, G.M., Mekonnen, Z., Montresor, A., Olliaro, P., Pieri, O.S., Sacko, M., Sam-Wobo, S.O., Tchuem Tchuenté, L.A., Webster, J.P., Vercruysse, J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7595844/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33125936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpddr.2020.10.003 |
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