A comparative trial of a single-dose ivermectin versus three days of albendazole for treatment of Strongyloides stercoralis and other soil- transmitted helminth infections in children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 477-481

  Marti, Hanspeter ^a   Haji, Hamad J ^b   Savioli, Lorenzo ^c   Chwaya, Hababu Mohammed ^d   Mgeni, Ali Foum ^d   Ameir, Juma Suleiman ^d   Hatz, Christoph ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMEAR; SOIL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIS; VERTIGO;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0029806412     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.477     Document Type: Article

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