Effect of praziquantel treatment of Schistosoma mansoni during pregnancy on intensity of infection and antibody responses to schistosome antigens: Results of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tweyongyere, Robert ^a,b   Mawa, Patrice A ^b   Emojong, Nicholas O ^b   Mpairwe, Harriet ^b   Jones, Frances M ^c   Duong, Trinh ^d   Dunne, David W ^c   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^e   Katunguka Rwakishaya, Eli ^a   Elliott, Alison M ^b,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^e DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WORM EXPULSION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 64749087923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-32     Document Type: Article

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