A spot-check of the efficacies of albendazole or levamisole, against soil-transmitted helminthiases in young Ungujan children, reveals low frequencies of cure.
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Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. r.stothard@nhm.ac.uk
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D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007978:Levamisole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology; D013636:Tanzania; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission
D000871:Anthelmintics; D012987:Soil; D007978:Levamisole; D015766:Albendazole