Africa is desperate for praziquantel

Lancet. 2010 Aug 14;376(9740):496-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60879-3.

Authors

Peter J Hotez¹, Dirk Engels, Alan Fenwick, Lorenzo Savioli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University and Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA. photez@gwu.edu

PMID: 20709217
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60879-3

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Child
Drug Costs
Humans
Praziquantel / supply & distribution*
Praziquantel / therapeutic use
Schistosomiasis / drug therapy
Schistosomiasis / epidemiology*
Schistosomicides / supply & distribution*
Schistosomicides / therapeutic use

Substances

Schistosomicides
Praziquantel