A spot-check of the efficacies of albendazole or levamisole, against soil-transmitted helminthiases in young Ungujan children, reveals low frequencies of cure

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2009 Jun;103(4):357-60. doi: 10.1179/136485909X398320.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Albendazole / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use*
  • Ascariasis / drug therapy*
  • Ascariasis / transmission
  • Child, Preschool
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Helminths / isolation & purification
  • Hookworm Infections / drug therapy
  • Hookworm Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Levamisole / therapeutic use*
  • Parasite Egg Count
  • Soil / parasitology
  • Tanzania
  • Trichuriasis / drug therapy*
  • Trichuriasis / transmission

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Soil
  • Levamisole
  • Albendazole