Efficacy of mebendazole and levamisole alone or in combination against intestinal nematode infections after repeated targeted mebendazole treatment in Zanzibar

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-352

  Albonico, M ^a   Bickle, Q ^b   Ramsan, M ^c   Montresor, A ^d   Savioli, L ^d   Taylor, M ^b  

^a Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascariasis drug therapy; Ascaris lumbricoides drug effects; Levamisole pharmacology administration and dosage; Mebendazole pharmacology administration and dosage; Placebos; Trichuriasis drug therapy; Trichuris drug effects

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG LAYING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLACEBOS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0037899938     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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