Efficacy and safety of single-dose 40 mg/kg oral praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis in preschool-age versus school-age children: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

Efficacy and safety of single-dose 40 mg/kg oral praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis in preschool-age versus school-age children: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Better knowledge of the efficacy and safety of single-dose 40 mg/kg oral praziquantel in preschool-age children is required, should preventive chemotherapy programs for schistosomiasis be expanded to include this age group.<h4>Methodology</h4>We analyzed in...

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Main Authors: Piero L Olliaro, Jean T Coulibaly, Amadou Garba, Christine Halleux, Jennifer Keiser, Charles H King, Francisca Mutapi, Eliézer K N'Goran, Giovanna Raso, Alexandra U Scherrer, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Katarina Stete, Jürg Utzinger, Michel T Vaillant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008277

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