A clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of 4- and 6-mo repeated treatment with albendazole 600 mg (Zentel®, SmithKline Beecham) or mebendazole 600 mg (Vermox®, Janssen) on geohelminth infections was carried out on children in 6 primary schools; the study included 1,186 children, ages 4 to 19 yr. Kato–Katz examination was performed on stool samples before and after treatment. Overall, albendazole produced better cure rates and egg reduction rates for geohelminths. The cure rates for albendazole were 92.4% for hookworm infection, 83.5% for Ascaris lumbricoides, and 67.8% for Trichuris trichiura. Mebendazole given either 2 or 3 times in a year had cure rates of 50 and 55.0% (respectively) for hookworm, 79.6 and 97.5% for A. lumbricoides, and 60.6 and 68.3% for T. trichiura infection. The geometric mean intensity of hookworm eggs per gram (epg) of stool decreased by 96.7% after albendazole treatment compared with 66.3 and 85.1%, respectively, for 2 or 3 doses of mebendazole (P < 0.05) over the same period. Reductions in epg for A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura were comparable for both drugs. Our results indicate that treatment with albendazole at a 6-mo interval was more effective than mebendazole regimens and may be the best choice for use in the control of the 3 geohelminths.
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April 01 2001
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT ALBENDAZOLE AND MEBENDAZOLE REGIMENS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL INFECTIONS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN OF USIGU DIVISION, WESTERN KENYA
Eric M. Muchiri;
Eric M. Muchiri
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 20750, Nairobi, Kenya
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Fredrick W. Thiong'o;
Fredrick W. Thiong'o
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 20750, Nairobi, Kenya
*Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 20750, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Pascal Magnussen;
Pascal Magnussen
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 20750, Nairobi, Kenya
†Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory Jaegersborg Allen 1 D, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark.
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John H. Ouma
John H. Ouma
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 20750, Nairobi, Kenya
*Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 20750, Nairobi, Kenya.
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J Parasitol (2001) 87 (2): 413–418.
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Eric M. Muchiri, Fredrick W. Thiong'o, Pascal Magnussen, John H. Ouma; A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT ALBENDAZOLE AND MEBENDAZOLE REGIMENS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL INFECTIONS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN OF USIGU DIVISION, WESTERN KENYA. J Parasitol 1 April 2001; 87 (2): 413–418. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0413:ACSODA]2.0.CO;2
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