Is the exclusion of children under 24 months from anthelmintic treatment justifiable?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-199

  Montresor, Antonio ^a   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^b   Albonico, Marco ^c,d   Tielsch, James M ^b   Rice, Amy L ^b   Chwaya, Hababu M ^c,d   Savioli, Lorenzo ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^d 4Pemba Public Health Laboratory Ivo De Carneri   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Age; Anthelmintics; Children; Children under 2 years; Clinical trial; Mebendazole; Safety; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MEBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDICATION; DYSENTERY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SOIL; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036323056     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90303-2     Document Type: Article

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