Individual responses to a single oral dose of albendazole indicate reduced efficacy against soil-transmitted helminths in an area with high drug pressure.

• Main Authors: Martin Walker (Author), Piet Cools (Author), Marco Albonico (Author), Shaali M Ame (Author), Mio Ayana (Author), Daniel Dana (Author), Jennifer Keiser (Author), Leonardo F Matoso (Author), Antonio Montresor (Author), Zeleke Mekonnen (Author), Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira (Author), Simone A Pinto (Author), Somphou Sayasone (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author), Johnny Vlaminck (Author), Bruno Levecke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Albendazole (ALB) is administered annually to millions of children through global deworming programs targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STHs: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms, Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale). However, due to the...