Accuracy of the WHO praziquantel dose pole for large-scale community treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in northern Mozambique: Is it time for an update?

• Autori principali: Pedro H Gazzinelli-Guimaraes (Autore), Neerav Dhanani (Autore), Charles H King (Autore), Carl H Campbell (Autore), Herminio O Aurelio (Autore), Josefo Ferro (Autore), Rassul Nala (Autore), Alan Fenwick (Autore), Anna E Phillips (Autore)
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• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>A pioneering strategy developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the control of schistosomiasis was the concept of a height-based dose pole to determine praziquantel (PZQ) dosing in large-scale treatment campaigns. However, some recent studies have shown vari...