Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma japonicum: Field evaluation in an area with repeated chemotherapy compared with a newly identified endemic focus in Hunan, China

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 537-541

  Yu, D B ^a   Li, Y ^a   Sleigh, A C ^b   Yu, X L ^a   Li, Y S ^a,b   Wei, W Y ^a   Liang, Y S ^c   McManus, D P ^b  

^a HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; China; Drug resistance; Efficacy; Hunan; Praziquantel; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0035467620     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90032-X     Document Type: Article

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