O tratamento específico como arma no controle da esquistossomose / Specific therapy in the control of schistosomiasis
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
;
87(supl.4): 195-202, 1992. tab, ilus
Article
in Portuguese
| LILACS
| ID: lil-125650
RESUMO
The specific treatment of schistosomiasis has been though to prevent or revert severe forms of the disease, since 1957. Starting in 1977, prospective and controlled studies performed in different endemic areas of Brazil were able to confirm such facts. The new drugs, of high efficacy and well tolerated - Oxamniquine and Praziquantel - can actually prevent and cure the severe forms of some patients, contributing to change the morbidity pattern of the disease, thus being considered as important weapons in its control. Analysis of the Brazilian articles on the subject is presented
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Main subject:
Oxamniquine
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Praziquantel
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Schistosomiasis
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
/
Parasitology
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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