Therapeutic efficacy of different brands of albendazole against soil transmitted helminths among students of Mendera Elementary School, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

• Published in: The Pan African medical journal Vol. 22; no. 252; p. 252
• Main Authors: Tefera, Ephrem, Belay, Tariku, Mekonnen, Seleshi Kebede, Zeynudin, Ahmed, Belachew, Tefera
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Uganda PAMJ-CEPHRI Pan African Medical Journal - Center for Public health Research and Information 2015; The African Field Epidemiology Network; The Pan African Medical Journal
• Subjects: albendazole; Albendazole - administration & dosage; Albendazole - therapeutic use; Animals; Anthelmintics - administration & dosage; Anthelmintics - therapeutic use; brand; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug dosages; Eggs; Elementary schools; Ethiopia; Feces - parasitology; Female; Helminthiasis - drug therapy; Helminthiasis - epidemiology; Helminthiasis - parasitology; Helminths - isolation & purification; Humans; Infections; Male; Nematodes; Parasites; Pharmacy; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Sample size; Sanitation; Soil - parasitology; soil transmitted; Students; therapeutic efficacy; Treatment Outcome; Wholesalers; South Korea; Ethiopia; India; Therapeutic efficacy; albendazole; brand; soil transmitted
• ISSN: 1937-8688; 1937-8688
• DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.22.252.6501

Different brands Albendazole are commercially available and the efficacious brand/s is/are required for effective control of STHs infection. Thus, this study is aimed at determining the therapeutic efficacy of different brands of albendazole against soil transmitted helminths among school children o...