Lauro Ribeiro de Souza Neto, Bogar Omar Montoya, José Brandão-Neto, Anil Verma, Sebastian Bowyer, José Teófilo Moreira-Filho, Rafael Ferreira Dantas, Bruno Junior Neves, Carolina Horta Andrade, Frank von Delft, Raymond J Owens, Nicholas Furnham, Floriano Paes Silva-Jr
Schistosomiasis is caused by parasites of the genus Schistosoma, which infect more than 200 million people. Praziquantel (PZQ) has been the main drug for controlling schistosomiasis for over four decades, but despite that it is ineffective against juvenile worms and size and taste issues with its pharmaceutical forms impose challenges for treating school-aged children. It is also important to note that PZQ resistant strains can be generated in laboratory conditions and observed in the field, hence its extensive use in mass drug administration programs raises concerns about resistance, highlighting the need to search for new schistosomicidal drugs...
January 18, 2024: Scientific Reports