Editing Trichuris trichiura (section)

==Treatment==
''Trichuris trichiura'' can be treated with a single dose of [[albendazole]].<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Stephenson LS, Latham MC, Kurz KM, Kinoti SN, Brigham H|title=Treatment with a Single Dose of Albendazole Improves Growth of Kenyan Schoolchildren with Hookworm, ''Trichuris Trichiura'', and ''Ascaris Lumbricoides'' Infections|volume=41|issue=1|pages=78–87|journal=The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|date=July 1989|doi=10.4269/ajtmh.1989.41.78|pmid=2764230}}</ref> In Kenya, half of a group of children, 98% of whom had ''Trichuris trichiura'' with or without infections by other [[soil-transmitted helminth]]s, were given albendazole, while the other half of the children received placebos. It was found that the children who received the drug grew significantly better than the group of children who did not receive the treatment.<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Stephenson LS, Latham MC, Adams EJ, Kinoti SN, Pertet A|title=Physical Fitness, Growth and Appetite of Kenyan School Boys with Hookworm, ''Trichuris trichiura'' and ''Ascaris lumbricoides'' Infections Are Improved Four Months After a Single Dose of Albendazole|journal=The Journal of Nutrition|volume=123|issue=6|year=1993|pages=1036–1046|pmid=8505663|doi=10.1093/jn/123.6.1036|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 }}</ref>  Another treatment that can be used is [[mebendazole]], or [[flubendazole]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Heyer |first1=F. |last2=Tourte-Schaeffer |first2=Cl. |last3=Ancelle |first3=T. |last4=Faurant |first4=Cl. |last5=Lapierre |first5=J. |title=Le flubendazole : un progrès dans le traitement des helminthiases intestinales. A propos de 471 observations |journal=Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses |date=1 February 1982 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=57–61 |doi=10.1016/S0399-077X(82)80047-4 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0399077X82800474 |language=fr |issn=0399-077X |archive-date=31 January 2023 |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131084556/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0399077X82800474 |url-status=live }}</ref> The medication interferes with the parasite’s nutrient intake, which eventually leads to death. 

However, it has been shown that both albendazole and mebendazole have low cure rate for ''Trichuris thrichiura'' specifically, with treatments only achieving cure rates 30.7% for albendazole and 42.1% for mebendazole.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Moser |first1=Wendelin |last2=Schindler |first2=Christian |last3=Keiser |first3=Jennifer |date=2017-09-25 |title=Efficacy of recommended drugs against soil transmitted helminths: systematic review and network meta-analysis |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4307 |journal=BMJ |language=en |volume=358 |pages=j4307 |doi=10.1136/bmj.j4307 |issn=0959-8138 |pmc=5611648 |pmid=28947636 |archive-date=2024-05-17 |access-date=2024-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517072144/https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4307 |url-status=live }}</ref>