Comparison of the efficacy of mebendazole, albendazole and pyrantel in treatment of human hookworm infections in the Southern Region of Mali, West Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-203

  Sacko, M ^a   De Clercq, D ^b   Behnke, J M ^c   Gilbert, F S ^c   Dorny, P ^b   Vercruysse, J ^b  

^a Service de Parasitologie BP 1771   (Mali)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Chemotherapy; Clinical trials; Hookworm infection; Mali; Mebendazole; Necator americanus; Pyrantel

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032902055     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90306-1     Document Type: Article

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