Is there reduced susceptibility to praziquantel in Schistosoma japonicum? Evidence from China

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1905-1912

  Wang, Wei ^a   Dai, Jian Rong ^a   Li, Hong Jun ^a   Shen, Xue Hui ^b   Liang, You Sheng ^a  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b Dantu District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; China; drug resistance; praziquantel; Schistosoma japonicum; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; YOUNG ADULT;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 78650540371     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001204     Document Type: Article

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