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

• Main Authors: Sileshi Belew (Author), Mestawet Getachew (Author), Sultan Suleman (Author), Tesfaye Mohammed (Author), Habetewold Deti (Author), Matthias D'Hondt (Author), Evelien Wynendaele (Author), Zeleke Mekonnen (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author), Luc Duchateau (Author), Bart De Spiegeleer (Author), Bruno Levecke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...