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

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tefera, Ephrem ^a   Belay, Tariku ^b   Mekonnen, Seleshi Kebede ^b   Zeynudin, Ahmed ^b   Belachew, Tefera ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Brand; Soil Transmitted Helminths; Therapeutic efficacy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOIL; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85009148107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/PAMJ.2015.22.252.6501     Document Type: Article

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