Efficacy of Mebendazole and Praziquantel against Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Schistosoma mansoni Infections among Schoolchildren in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Egg reduction rate of mebendazole and praziquantel among helminth children of Andasa primary school in Bahir Dar Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Helminth spp	NCCS	ERR of single-dose MEB		ERR of single-dose PZQ
		Initial dose	Redosing	Initial dose	Redosing
A. lumbricoides	85	65 (76.4)	85 (100)	NA	NA
Hookworm spp.	145	77 (53.1)	143 (98.6)	NA	NA
S. mansoni	59	NA	NA	56 (94.9)	59 (100)

ERR = egg reduction rate; NA = not applicable; NCCS = number of children who completed the study; MEB = mebendazole; PZQ = praziquantel.