Reduced efficacy of single-dose albendazole against Ascaris lumbricoides, and Trichuris trichiura, and high reinfection rate after cure among school children in southern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

• Egile Nagusiak: Tigist Dires Gebreyesus (Egilea), Eyasu Makonnen (Egilea), Tafesse Tadele (Egilea), Kalkidan Mekete (Egilea), Habtamu Gashaw (Egilea), Heran Gerba (Egilea), Eleni Aklillu (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Mass drug administration (MDA) program of albendazole to at-risk populations as preventive chemotherapy is the core public health intervention to control soil-transmitted helminths (STHs). Achieving this goal relies on drug effectiveness in reducing the parasite reservoirs in the...