Quality of medicines commonly used in the treatment of soil transmitted helminths and giardia in ethiopia: a nationwide survey.

• Main Authors: Sultan Suleman (Author), Gemechu Zeleke (Author), Habtewold Deti (Author), Zeleke Mekonnen (Author), Luc Duchateau (Author), Bruno Levecke (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author), Matthias D'Hondt (Author), Evelien Wynendaele (Author), Bart De Spiegeleer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The presence of poor quality medicines in the market is a global threat on public health, especially in developing countries. Therefore, we assessed the quality of two commonly used anthelminthic drugs [mebendazole (MEB) and albendazole (ALB)] and one antiprotozoal drug [tinidazole (TNZ)]...