A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of Single-Dose Praziquantel at 40 mg/kg vs. 60 mg/kg for Treating Intestinal Schistosomiasis in the Philippines, Mauritania, Tanzania and Brazil

• Piero L. Olliaro,

  Affiliation UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Michel T. Vaillant ,

  * E-mail: michel.vaillant@crp-sante.lu

  Affiliation Methodology and Statistical Unit, Center for Health Studies, Centre de Recherche – Santé, Strassen, Luxembourg

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• Vincente J. Belizario,

  Affiliation National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

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• Nicholas J. S. Lwambo †,

  † Deceased.

  Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Mohamed Ouldabdallahi,

  Affiliation Nutrition et Actes Médicaux, Institut National de Recherches en Santé Publique (INRSP), Nouakchott, Mauritania

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• Otavio S. Pieri,

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Eco-Epidemiologia e Controle da Esquistossomose e Geohelmintoses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Maria L. Amarillo,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

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• Godfrey M. Kaatano,

  Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Mamadou Diaw,

  Affiliation Ministère de la Santé/P.E.V., Nouakchott, Mauritania

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• AnaLucia C. Domingues,

  Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Clinica, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, UFPE, Hospital das Clinicas, Recife, Brazil

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• Tereza C. Favre,

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Eco-Epidemiologia e Controle da Esquistossomose e Geohelmintoses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Olivier Lapujade,

  Affiliation UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Fabiana Alves,

  Affiliation Latin America Regional Office, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Lester Chitsulo

  Affiliation Preventive Chemotherapy and Transmission Control Unit, Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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