Praziquantel efficacy against schistosomiasis mansoni in schoolchildren in north-west Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 444-445

  Degu, Getinet ^a   Mengistu, Getahun ^a   Jones, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Ethiopia; Praziquantel; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SMEAR; WORM EGG; ANIMAL; CHILD; FECES; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FECES; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036653421     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90388-3     Document Type: Article

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