An attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of Hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent
Hycanthone in a single dose of 3.3 mg/kg of body weight was used to treal mansoni schistosomiasis in 597 persons (83%) of the population of the endemic vilage of Canabrava. Ninety two patients received a 2nd course 14 months later. There was one death em the 2nd treatment. The cure rate after one st...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fb03757944aa4edba5d77282893c2342 2023-05-15T15:01:16+02:00 An attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of Hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent J. C. Bina Aluizio Preta 1974-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821974000400005 https://doaj.org/article/fb03757944aa4edba5d77282893c2342 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821974000400005&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/S0037-86821974000400005 https://doaj.org/article/fb03757944aa4edba5d77282893c2342 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 217-222 (1974) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 1974 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821974000400005 2022-12-30T21:38:28Z Hycanthone in a single dose of 3.3 mg/kg of body weight was used to treal mansoni schistosomiasis in 597 persons (83%) of the population of the endemic vilage of Canabrava. Ninety two patients received a 2nd course 14 months later. There was one death em the 2nd treatment. The cure rate after one stool examination was smaller after the 2ni treatment in comparison with the first one. Re-infections did not occur imediately after the treatment. Three years later the prevalence of persons passing eggs through one stool examination was 19% compared to the 46.3% before the treatment. Adults are more resistant to the re-infections than younger. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 8 4 217 222 |
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Hycanthone in a single dose of 3.3 mg/kg of body weight was used to treal mansoni schistosomiasis in 597 persons (83%) of the population of the endemic vilage of Canabrava. Ninety two patients received a 2nd course 14 months later. There was one death em the 2nd treatment. The cure rate after one stool examination was smaller after the 2ni treatment in comparison with the first one. Re-infections did not occur imediately after the treatment. Three years later the prevalence of persons passing eggs through one stool examination was 19% compared to the 46.3% before the treatment. Adults are more resistant to the re-infections than younger. |
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An attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of Hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent |
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An attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of Hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent |
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An attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of Hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent |
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An attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of Hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent |
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An attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of Hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent |
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attempt to control schistosomiasis mansoni in an endemic area by the use of hycanthone as chemotherapeutic agent |
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