TY - JOUR
KW - World Health Organization
KW - schistosomiasis
KW - Praziquantel
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
KW - Neglected Diseases
KW - Humans
KW - Disease eradication
KW - Anthelmintics
AU - Ross A
AU - Olveda R
AU - Li Y
AB - <p>Preventive chemotherapy with 40 mg/kg of praziquantel has been endorsed and advocated by WHO1for the global control of schistosomiasis, yet the drug does not prevent reinfection. In this Viewpoint, we discuss issues related to this control strategy, which is now implemented in many countries where schistosomiasis is endemic.</p>

BT - Lancet
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25467574?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61417-3
IS - 9983
J2 - Lancet
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Preventive chemotherapy with 40 mg/kg of praziquantel has been endorsed and advocated by WHO1for the global control of schistosomiasis, yet the drug does not prevent reinfection. In this Viewpoint, we discuss issues related to this control strategy, which is now implemented in many countries where schistosomiasis is endemic.</p>

PY - 2015
SP - 2220
EP - 1
T2 - Lancet
TI - An audacious goal: the elimination of schistosomiasis in our lifetime through mass drug administration.
VL - 385
SN - 1474-547X
ER -