Table 3: Efficacy of Albendazole and Mebendazole against STHs before and after treatment.
|
Number of participants |
||||||
|
Before |
After |
|||||
|
Drugs |
Parasites |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Cure rate |
|
ALB |
Ascaris lumbricoides |
11 |
2.75% |
0 |
0.0% |
100% |
|
Hookworm |
6 |
1.5% |
2 |
0.5% |
66.67% |
|
|
Trichuris trichuira |
7 |
1.8% |
3 |
0.8% |
57% |
|
|
MEB |
Ascaris lumbricoides |
12 |
3.0% |
2 |
0.5% |
83.4% |
|
Hookworm |
9 |
2.3% |
0 |
0.0% |
100% |
|
|
Trichuris trichuira |
7 |
1.8% |
7 |
1.8% |
0.0% |
|