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.

• Main Authors: Adriana Echazú (Author), Marisa Juarez (Author), Paola A Vargas (Author), Silvana P Cajal (Author), Ruben O Cimino (Author), Viviana Heredia (Author), Silvia Caropresi (Author), Gladys Paredes (Author), Luis M Arias (Author), Marcelo Abril (Author), Silvia Gold (Author), Patrick Lammie (Author), Alejandro J Krolewiecki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...