Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma mekongi and Opisthorchis viverrini: A randomized, single-blinded dose-comparison trial

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lovis, Leonore ^a   Mak, Tippi K ^b,c   Phongluxa, Khampheng ^b,c,d   Ayé Soukhathammavong, Phonepasong ^b,c,d   Vonghachack, Youthanavanh ^b,c,e   Keiser, Jennifer ^b,c   Vounatsou, Penelope ^b,c   Tanner, Marcel ^b,c   Hatz, Christoph ^b,c,f   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c   Akkhavong, Kongsap ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d National Institute of Public Health   (Laos)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WORM EGG; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; LAOS; OPISTHORCHIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864607770     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001726     Document Type: Article

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