Fig. 2.

Creating and applying the newly extended PZQ ‘dose pole’ for more rapid dosing of PSAC (1–4 year olds) with the distribution of height and weight measurements from children from: Uganda – ‘genesis’ population n=1046, ‘same villages’ population n=1047, ‘different villages’ population n=1210, ‘syrup trial’ population n=981; Angola (n=1067); Mali (n=405); Sudan (n=137); Zanzibar (n=470) and Zimbabwe (n=104) with a polynomial model was fitted to validate information for ‘genesis’ population (A). The distribution of PZQ dosages that would have been given to Ugandan, Malian, Sudanese, Zanzibari and Zimbabwean children if height had been used to predict weight from this extended ‘dose pole’ (B). Grey transparent rectangle highlights the range of children who would have received an acceptable PZQ dose (30 to 60 mg/kg) (see Montresor et al. 2005). Some of these data have been presented elsewhere (see Fig. 3A & B of Sousa-Figueiredo et al. (2010b)).