Effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy strategies for sustaining the control of schistosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire: Results of a 5-year cluster randomized trial.

• Main Authors: Mamadou Ouattara (Author), Nana R Diakité (Author), Patrick K Yao (Author), Jasmina Saric (Author), Jean T Coulibaly (Author), Rufin K Assaré (Author), Fidèle K Bassa (Author), Naférima Koné (Author), Négnorogo Guindo-Coulibaly (Author), Jan Hattendorf (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Eliézer K N'Goran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Preventive chemotherapy using praziquantel is the mainstay for schistosomiasis control. However, there is little evidence on what is supposed to be the most effective school-based treatment strategy to sustain morbidity control. The aim of this study was to compare dif...