Field test of the 'dose pole' for praziquantel in Zanzibar

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-324

  Montresor, A ^a   Engels, D ^a   Ramsan, M ^b   Foum, A ^c   Savioli, L ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Chake Chake   (Tunisia)

^c Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

'Dose pole'; Chemotherapy; Dosage determination; Praziquantel; Schistosoma spp.; Schistosomiasis; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHORT SURVEY; TANZANIA;

ANTHELMINTICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PRAZIQUANTEL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA;

NEMATODA; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0036068473     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90111-2     Document Type: Article

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