A parasitic survey and mass-treatment using pyrantel pamoate on Nigerian school children.
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Treatment of mixed Oesophagostomum and hookworm infection: effect of albendazole, pyrantel pamoate, levamisole and thiabendazole.
Oesophagostomum bifurcum has recently been recognized as a common parasite of man in northern Togo and in Ghana. In a preliminary trial several anthelmintics were evaluated in the treatment of mixed Oesophagostomum and hookworm infections. Diagnosis was based on faecal culture, since the eggs of Oesophagostomum and hookworm cannot be distinguished morphologically. Of the anthelmintics tested, a...
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Pyrantel pamoate paste (19.13% w/w pyrantel base) for the treatment of tapeworm, Anoplocephala spp was evaluated for target animal safety and tolerance in horses treated orally at 0, 1, 3, 5, and 10 times the clinical dose of 13.2 mg pyrantel base/kg body weight administered daily for six consecutive days. Parameters evaluated included clinical signs, food and water consumption, body weights, p...
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As measured by the number of tapeworm eggs per gram of feces, pyrantel tartrate, fed on a daily basis (Strongid C), was more effective in eliminating tapeworms than was 33 pyrantel pamoate (Strongid) administered at 8-week intervals.a Horses treated with pyrantel tartrate had an egg count of zero tapeworms by 4 weeks following the initiation of treatment. Horses treated with 33 pyrantel pamoate...
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Introduction: Continued endemicity of intestinal nematodes infestation in children in our environment despite availability of potent and safe anthelmintic drugs is of public health interest. Objective: This study assessed the comparative efficacy of selected anthelmintic drugs namely Mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate and levamisole-against common intestinal nematodes namely Ascaris lumbricoides, Ho...
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Pyrantel has been demonstrated (Bumbalo et al., 1969; Desowitz et al., 1970; Hsieh, 1971) to be effective for treatment of Ascaris, hookworm and Enterobuis. Oxantel has been shown (Zaman and Sabapaty, 1975; Garcia, 1976; Lee et al., 1976; Rim et al., 1976) to be effective against Trichuriasis. A combined Oxantel-pyrantel salts has been shown (Rim et al., 1975; Lim, 1978; Dissanaike, 1978; Cabre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 1984
ISSN: 2186-1811,0304-2146
DOI: 10.2149/tmh1973.12.21