Efficacy and safety of nitazoxanide, albendazole, and nitazoxanide-albendazole against trichuris trichiura infection: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Speich, Benjamin ^a,b   Ame, Shaali M ^c   Ali, Said M ^c   Alles, Rainer ^b   Hattendorf, Jan ^a,b   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Albonico, Marco ^d   Keiser, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Public Health Laboratory Pemba Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^d Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERTIGO; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG TOXICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLACEBOS; TANZANIA; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84863675064     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001685     Document Type: Article

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