Efficacy of praziquantel on Schistosoma haematobium and re-infection rates among school-going children in the Ndumo area of uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Table 2 Praziquantel efficacy (PZQ) against Schistosoma haematobium after the first and second treatment at 40 mg/kg

Gender	Baseline		4 weeks after the 1^st dose of PZQ						4 weeks after the 2^nd dose of PZQ
Gender	Positive	AM/10 ml	No assessed	No cured	Failure cases	CR	AM/10 ml	ERR	No Assessed	No cured	No of Failure	CR	AM/10 ml	ERR
Female	73	103.04	50	43	7	86.0	2.08	80	3	3	0	100	0	100
Male	47	99.13	41	34	7	82.9	3.61	64	4	2	2	50	22	78

CR= Cure Rate, ERR= Egg reduction rate, AM/10 ml Arithmetic Mean of egg counts per 10 ml urine

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