Efficacy and side effects of praziquantel treatment in a highly endemic Schistosoma mansoni focus at Lake Albert, Uganda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 599-603

  Kabatereine, N B ^a   Kemijumbi, J ^a   Ouma, J H ^b   Sturrock, R F ^c   Butterworth, A E ^d   Madsen, H ^e   Ornbjerg N ^e   Dunne, D W ^f   Vennnervald, B J ^e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^e DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cure rate; Praziquantel; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Side effects; Uganda

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; EDEMA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FECES; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 1642494147     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80044-5     Document Type: Article

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