Comparative palatability of orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) of Praziquantel (L-PZQ and Rac-PZQ) versus current PZQ tablet in African children: A randomized, single-blind, crossover study

• Muhidin K. Mahende ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mmahende@ihi.or.tz

  Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4923-9023

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• Eric Huber,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Elly Kourany-Lefoll,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ares Trading S.A., Eysins, Switzerland, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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• Ali Ali,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Brooke Hayward,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation EMD Serono, Inc. Rockland, Massachusetts, United States, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-7445

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• Deon Bezuidenhout,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Merck (Pty) Ltd, Modderfontein, South Africa an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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• Wilhelmina Bagchus,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Merck Institute of Pharmacometrics, Lausanne, Switzerland, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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• Abdunoor M. Kabanywanyi

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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