Hymenolepis nana infection: symptoms and response to nitazoxanide in field conditions

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-205

  Chero, Juan C ^a   Saito, Mayuko ^a,c   Bustos, Javier A ^b,d   Blanco, Eladio M ^b   Gonzalvez, Guillermo ^a   Garcia, Hector H ^b  

^a Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cestodes; Hymenolepis nana; Nitazoxanide; Peru

Indexed keywords

NITAZOXANIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESTODIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTERVIEW; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CESTODA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; VERMES;

EID: 33845204908     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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