Efficacy of two praziquantel treatments among primary school children in an area of high Schistosoma mansoni endemicity, Nile Delta, Egypt

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-446

  Barakat, Rashida ^a   Morshedy, Hala El ^a  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cure rate; egg reduction rate; Egypt; praziquantel; Schistosoma mansoni; schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG PARASITOID; EGYPT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 79957478222     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201000154X     Document Type: Article

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