Chemotherapy of schistosomiasis present and past

The primary objective of chemotherapy is to cure individual patient by eradication of the infection. This eradication leads to cessation of egg deposition, which is the main pathogenic agent for the patient and community. The present generation of antischistosomal drugs provides physicians and public health practitioners with flexible, well tolerated convenient, highly efficient tools for control of schistosomal morbidity in human; in contrast, old generation of antischistosomal drugs was not