Table 1 |
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Inclusion/exclusion criteria used for recruitment of patients in the study |
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| Inclusion criteria |
Exclusion criteria |
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| a) Apparently healthy individuals with normal body weight for age |
a) Haemoglobin < 10 gm/dl or Haematocrit < 30% |
| b) W. bancrofti microfilaraemia (in one millilitre of venous blood collected between 8.30 and 9.30
p.m.) |
b) Symptoms/signs of any chronic illness |
| c) Normal electro-cardiogram (ECG) |
c) Patients with a history of any drug intolerance, reaction or allergy |
| d) Normal chest X-ray |
d) Presence of cysts or ova of intestinal helminths by routine stool examination |
| e) Results within normal limits in routine stool and urine examination |
e) Patients giving history of consuming either albendazole or DEC in the preceding
year |
| f) Results within normal limits for haemoglobin concentration, total white blood cell
count, differential count, absolute eosinophil count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate,
packed cell volume |
f) Declared unfit by physician for any other reason. |
| g) Results within normal limits for blood urea, glucose, bilirubin, creatinine, cholesterol;
serum sodium, potassium, chloride, protein, albumin, globulin, serum glutamic pyruvic
transaminase, alkaline phosphatase |
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Pani et al. Filaria Journal 2002 1:1 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-1-1 |
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