Cluster randomized trial comparing school-based mass drug administration schedules in areas of western Kenya with moderate initial prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infections.

Diana M S KaranjaEmmy K AwinoRyan E WiegandEdward OkothBernard O AbudhoPauline N M MwinziSusan P MontgomeryWilliam Evan Secor

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)

Strategies employing 2 or 4 rounds of MDA had a similar impact in schools with moderate initial prevalence, suggesting that schistosomiasis control can be sustained by school-based MDA, even if provided only every other year.

Keyphrases

drug administration
risk factors
breast cancer cells
high intensity
cell cycle arrest
cell death