Administration of Triclabendazole Is Safe and Effective in Controlling Fascioliasis in an Endemic Community of the Bolivian Altiplano

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Villegas, Fidel ^a   Angles, René ^b   Barrientos, René ^c   Barrios, Gary ^d   Valero, María Adela ^e   Hamed, Kamal ^f   Grueninger, Heiner ^f   Ault, Steven K ^g   Montresor, Antonio ^a   Engels, Dirk ^a   Mas Coma, Santiago ^e   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Servicio Departamental de Salud La Paz (SEDES La Paz)   (Bolivia)

^d Programa Nacional de Zoonosis Ministerio de Salud y Deportes   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FASCIOLIASIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BOLIVIA; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG TOXICITY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865959816     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001720     Document Type: Article

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