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

• Main Authors: Pedro H Gazzinelli-Guimaraes (Author), Neerav Dhanani (Author), Charles H King (Author), Carl H Campbell (Author), Herminio O Aurelio (Author), Josefo Ferro (Author), Rassul Nala (Author), Alan Fenwick (Author), Anna E Phillips (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...