Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Bull. World Health Organ. · Oct 2008
Two-year impact of single praziquantel treatment on infection in the national control programme on schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso.
To evaluate the impact on schistosomiasis of biennial treatment with praziquantel (PZQ) among school-age children in Burkina Faso, the first country that achieved full national coverage with treatment of more than 90% of the school-age population. ⋯ Significant and sustained reduction in S. haematobium infection was achieved by biennial treatment in school-age children in Burkina Faso. This may provide a cost-effective treatment strategy for similar national schistosomiasis control programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.