Albendazole and mebendazole have low efficacy against Trichuris trichiura in school-age children in Kabale District, Uganda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 443-446

  Olsen, Annette ^a   Namwanje, Harriet ^b   Nejsum, Peter ^c   Roepstorff, Allan ^c   Thamsborg, Stig M ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Faculty of Life Sciences   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Efficacy; Mebendazole; Trichuris trichiura; Uganda; Worm recovery

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; UGANDA; WORM EGG; WORM EXPULSION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; UGANDA;

TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 63249087655     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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