Assessment of anthelmintic efficacy of mebendazole in school children in six countries where soil-transmitted helminths are endemic.

<h4>Background</h4>Robust reference values for fecal egg count reduction (FECR) rates of the most widely used anthelmintic drugs in preventive chemotherapy (PC) programs for controlling soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm) are still l...

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Published in:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Bruno Levecke, Antonio Montresor, Marco Albonico, Shaali M Ame, Jerzy M Behnke, Jeffrey M Bethony, Calvine D Noumedem, Dirk Engels, Bertrand Guillard, Andrew C Kotze, Alejandro J Krolewiecki, James S McCarthy, Zeleke Mekonnen, Maria V Periago, Hem Sopheak, Louis-Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté, Tran Thanh Duong, Nguyen Thu Huong, Ahmed Zeynudin, Jozef Vercruysse
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-10-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003204