Assessment of Efficacy and Quality of Two Albendazole Brands Commonly Used against Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in School Children in Jimma Town, Ethiopia.

Assessment of Efficacy and Quality of Two Albendazole Brands Commonly Used against Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in School Children in Jimma Town, Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND:There is a worldwide upscale in mass drug administration (MDA) programs to control the morbidity caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STHs): Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm. Although anthelminthic drugs which are used for MDA are supplied by two pharmaceutical comp...

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Main Authors: Sileshi Belew, Mestawet Getachew, Sultan Suleman, Tesfaye Mohammed, Habetewold Deti, Matthias D'Hondt, Evelien Wynendaele, Zeleke Mekonnen, Jozef Vercruysse, Luc Duchateau, Bart De Spiegeleer, Bruno Levecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4583991?pdf=render

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