Controlling schistosomiasis with praziquantel: How much longer without a viable alternative?
Abstract The current approach of morbidity control of schistosomiasis, a helminth disease of poverty with considerable public health and socioeconomic impact, is based on preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel. There is a pressing need for new drugs against this disease whose control entirely dep...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Infectious Diseases of Poverty |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0286-2 |