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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
1974-08-01
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| Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821974000400005&lng=en&tlng=en |
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