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[Levamisole, mebendazole, thiabendazole. Their effectiveness as helminthicides in African patients recently arrived
M Díaz Jidy1, H Fernández Abascal, J C Millán Marcelo
1Medicina Interna, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri.
Revista Cubana De Medicina Tropical
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
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.