The George Washington University/Sabin Vaccine Institute, Imperial College of London Authors Call for Improved Access to Treatment for Devastating Neglected Tropical Disease

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The George Washington University/Sabin Vaccine Institute, Imperial College of London Authors Call for Improved Access to Treatment for Devastating Neglected Tropical Disease

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In a paper in the Aug. 14 edition of The Lancet, authors representing The George Washington University, The Sabin Vaccine Institute, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Imperial College of London call for increased supplies of praziquantel for the African continent. Praziquantel is the only commercially available treatment for human schistosomiasis, a devastating neglected tropical disease that affects an estimated 200-600 million people worldwide, with the vast majority of cases occurri

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