Assessment of anthelmintic efficacy of mebendazole in school children in six countries where soil-transmitted helminths are endemic.

• Main Authors: Bruno Levecke (Author), Antonio Montresor (Author), Marco Albonico (Author), Shaali M Ame (Author), Jerzy M Behnke (Author), Jeffrey M Bethony (Author), Calvine D Noumedem (Author), Dirk Engels (Author), Bertrand Guillard (Author), Andrew C Kotze (Author), Alejandro J Krolewiecki (Author), James S McCarthy (Author), Zeleke Mekonnen (Author), Maria V Periago (Author), Hem Sopheak (Author), Louis-Albert (Author), Tran Thanh Duong (Author), Nguyen Thu Huong (Author), Ahmed Zeynudin (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Robust reference values for fecal egg count reduction (FECR) rates of the most widely used anthelmintic drugs in preventive chemotherapy (PC) programs for controlling soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm) are still lacking. However, they are urgen...