[Levamisole, mebendazole, thiabendazole. Their effectiveness as helminthicides in African patients recently arrived in Cuba. From 1987 to 1988].
Ninety one passengers coming from Africa, carriers of geohelminthes, were selected and treated with helminthicides of large use in our country (levamisole, mebendazole, thiabendazole). An excellent effective response was obtained for Ascaris lumbricoides (96.5%), and a good effective response was obtained for the rest of the parasites: Trichuri trichiura (88.5%), Strongyloides stercoralis (87.5%), and Necator americanus (78.9), according to data of therapeutical response efficiency of the WHO.
Díaz Jidy
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Medicina Interna, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri.
Fernández Abascal
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Millán Marcelo
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Ruiz Pérez
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D000353:Africa, Southern / Q000208:ethnology; D000354:Africa, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D003462:Cuba; D006801:Humans; D007978:Levamisole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D007978:Levamisole; D008463:Mebendazole; D013827:Thiabendazole
Levamisol, mebendazol, tiabendazol. Su efectividad como helminticidas en pacientes africanos recién arribados a Cuba. Período 1987-1988.