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.

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.

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...

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Main Authors: Adriana Echazú, Marisa Juarez, Paola A Vargas, Silvana P Cajal, Ruben O Cimino, Viviana Heredia, Silvia Caropresi, Gladys Paredes, Luis M Arias, Marcelo Abril, Silvia Gold, Patrick Lammie, Alejandro J Krolewiecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5648268?pdf=render

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