Table 2 |
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Drug regimen and mean pre-therapy Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia levels in the three single dose drug groups |
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| Group |
No. patients ≤ 14 yearsa |
No. patients >14 yearsa |
Total No. of patients |
Drug regimenb |
Pre-therapy microfilaraemia (per mL)c |
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| 1 |
5 m, 4 f |
5 m, 5 f |
19 |
Alb 400 mg |
77.6 (22 – 606) |
| 2 |
3 m, 4 f |
5 m, 5 f |
17 |
DEC 6 mg/kg bodyweight |
81.3 (22 – 542) |
| 3 |
4 m, 4 f |
5 m, 5 f |
18 |
Alb 400 mg + DEC 6 mg/kg bodyweight |
79.4 (24 – 223) |
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a m = male, f = femaleb Alb = albendazole, DEC = diethylcarbamazine citrate c Geometric mean (range in parentheses): the pre-therapy values between the 3 drug groups did not differ significantly (F = 0.024, P = 0.976). |
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Pani et al. Filaria Journal 2002 1:1 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-1-1 |
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