Impact of annual albendazole versus four-monthly test-and-treat approach of intestinal parasites on children growth — a longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial during two years of a community follow-up in Bengo, Angola

• Authors: Carolina Gasparinho, Aguinaldo Kanjungo, Félix Zage, Isabel Clemente, Ana Santos-Reis, Miguel Brito, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Filomeno Fortes, Luzia Gonçalves
• Publication Year: 2021
• Journal: Pathogens, 10(3), art 309
• Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10030309

ABSTRACT Malnutrition and intestinal parasites continue to have serious impacts on growth and cognitive development of children in Angola. A longitudinal four-arm randomized parallel trial was conducted to investigate if deworming with a single annual dose of albendazole (annual-ALB) or a four-monthly test-and-treat (4TT) intestinal parasites approach at individual or household levels improve nutritional outcomes […]
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