An inclusive dose pole for treatment of schistosomiasis in infants and preschool children with praziquantel

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 740-742

  Sousa Figueiredo, Jose Carlos ^a,b   Day, Matthew ^c   Betson, Martha ^a   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^d   Stothard, J Russell ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Child health; Control programmes; Mass drug administration; Neglected tropical diseases; Preventive chemotherapy; Tablet pole

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TABLET; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DOSE POLE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957962846     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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