Albendazole and ivermectin for the control of soil-transmitted helminths in an area with high prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm in northwestern Argentina: A community-based pragmatic study.

• Principais autores: Adriana Echazú (Autor), Marisa Juarez (Autor), Paola A Vargas (Autor), Silvana P Cajal (Autor), Ruben O Cimino (Autor), Viviana Heredia (Autor), Silvia Caropresi (Autor), Gladys Paredes (Autor), Luis M Arias (Autor), Marcelo Abril (Autor), Silvia Gold (Autor), Patrick Lammie (Autor), Alejandro J Krolewiecki (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Recommendations for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control give a key role to deworming of school and pre-school age children with albendazole or mebendazole; which might be insufficient to achieve adequate control, particularly against Strongyloides stercoralis. The impact of preventive chemothera...