Figure 1.
Flow diagram deciphering the article selection process for this meta-analysis study.
Individual searches do not add up to 56 as some of the same articles were retrieved by multiple search engines.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the randomized controlled trials included in the meta-analysis.
Table 2.
Follow-up, outcomes assessment and relative risk in the trials included in the meta-analysis.
Table 3.
Internal validity (methodological and parasitological) of included trials.
Figure 2.
Forest plot showing the effects of albendazole and metronidazole on human giardiasis.
Relative risk was calculated for each study separately. n/N = number described as cured over number of participants completing study.
Figure 3.
Funnel plots of included studies.
The pooled estimate of log-RR for all trials is shown with a dashed vertical line.
Table 4.
Sensitivity-analysis of the effect of the quality of methods implemented for the measurement of parasitological cure.