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.

• Main Authors: Piero L Olliaro (Author), Jean T Coulibaly (Author), Amadou Garba (Author), Christine Halleux (Author), Jennifer Keiser (Author), Charles H King (Author), Francisca Mutapi (Author), Eliézer K N'Goran (Author), Giovanna Raso (Author), Alexandra U Scherrer (Author), José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo (Author), Katarina Stete (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Michel T Vaillant (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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<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...