AIM: To study the anthelmintic effect of albendazole composite (containing 67 mg of albendazole and 83 3 mg base of pyrantel pamoate per tablet). METHODS: A randomized controlled study was carried out to compare the efficacy of a single dose of 3 or 2 tablets of albendazole composite versus a single dose of 400 mg of albendazole or 10 mg base/kg of pyrantel pamoate for treatment of intestinal nematodiasis including 1 864 cases infected with hookworm, 1 568 cases infected with Ascaris, 1 785 cases in...