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Ascaris and growth rates: A randomized trial of treatment

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  • Willett, W.C.
  • Kilama, W.L.
  • Kihamia, C.M.

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Three hundred forty-one Tanzanian preschool children were randomly assigned to levamisole or placebo treatment given at three-month intervals. Weights and heights were measured at the tri-monthly treatment visits for a period of one year. Among the 273 children who were seen and weighed at the one-year follow-up visit, the rate of weight gain was 8 per cent greater for those receiving levamisole than for placebo-treated controls (p = .06). In 78 children known to be infected with Ascaris at baseline, the rate of weight gain was 21 per cent greater in children treated with levamisole than in those receiving placebo (p = .03). The rate of height gain was no different for treatment and placebo groups.

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  • Willett, W.C. & Kilama, W.L. & Kihamia, C.M., 1979. "Ascaris and growth rates: A randomized trial of treatment," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 69(10), pages 987-991.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.69.10.987_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.69.10.987
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    1. Kremer, Michael & Miguel, Edward & Croke, Kevin & Hicks, Joan Hamory & Hsu, Eric, 2016. "Does Mass Deworming Affect Child Nutrition? Meta-analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, and Statistical Power," CEPR Discussion Papers 11458, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Kevin Croke & Joan Hamory Hicks & Eric Hsu & Michael Kremer & Ricardo Maertens & Edward Miguel & Witold Więcek, 2016. "Meta-Analysis and Public Policy: Reconciling the Evidence on Deworming," NBER Working Papers 22382, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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