Efficacy of single-dose and triple-dose albendazole and mebendazole against soil-transmitted helminths and taenia spp.: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Steinmann, Peter ^a,b,c   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Du, Zun Wei ^d   Jiang, Jin Yong ^d   Chen, Jia Xu ^c   Hattendorf, Jan ^a,b   Zhou, Hui ^c   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILL; CHINA; COMMUNITY TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURE RATE; DIARRHEA; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FECAL EGG REDUCTION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SORE THROAT; TAENIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHURIS; TRIPLE DRUG DOSE; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WAIST PAIN; WORM EGG; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; HELMINTH; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SOIL; TAENIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TAENIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; SOIL; TAENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053205109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025003     Document Type: Article

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