Shortage of praziquantel in Europe: a clarion call for urgent action

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¹ Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Global Health, Institute of International Health, Berlin, Germany.
² Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dr Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
³ National Referral Centre for Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ National Referral Centre for Topical Diseases and International Health, Hospital La Paz-Carlos III. IdiPAz, CIBERINFECT, Spain Institute for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Spain.
⁵ Institute for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU University Hospital Munich, Germany.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 6, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Centre of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁹ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Laboratorio Clínico, Clínica Alemana, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
¹¹ University of Zürich, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 40776986
PMCID: PMC12329531
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2025.101613

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Shortage of praziquantel in Europe: a clarion call for urgent action

Andreas K Lindner et al. New Microbes New Infect. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 7:66:101613.

doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2025.101613. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Affiliations

¹ Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Global Health, Institute of International Health, Berlin, Germany.
² Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dr Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
³ National Referral Centre for Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ National Referral Centre for Topical Diseases and International Health, Hospital La Paz-Carlos III. IdiPAz, CIBERINFECT, Spain Institute for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Spain.
⁵ Institute for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU University Hospital Munich, Germany.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 6, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Centre of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁹ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Laboratorio Clínico, Clínica Alemana, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
¹¹ University of Zürich, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 40776986
PMCID: PMC12329531
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2025.101613

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