Pharmacological and immunological effects of praziquantel against Schistosoma japonicum: a scoping review of experimental studies

Abstract Background Chemotherapy for schistosomiasis has been around for 100 years. During the past century, great efforts have been made to develop new antischistosomal drugs from antimonials to nonantimonials, and some of these have been used extensively in clinical treatment. With the exception o...

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Main Authors: Shu-Hua Xiao, Jun Sun, Ming-Gang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0391-x