|
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
| |
