Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies investigating the efficacy of ABZ against STHs.

From: Efficacy of albendazole against soil-transmitted helminth infections in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors and years

Study site

Region

Treatment assessment day

Soil-transmitted helminths

A. lumbricoides

Hookworm spp.

T. trichiura

Sample size

Cured

Sample size

Cured

Sample size

Cured

Bezie et al. (2021)21

Adet

Amhara

At 14 day

70

61

Aschale et al. ( 2022)22

Debre Elias

Amhara

14–21 days

115

89

Hailu et al. (2018)17

BDR zuria

Amhara

At 14 day

144

96

Belew (Bendex) et al. (2015)23

Jimma

Oromia

At 14 day

101

98

56

49

129

26

Belew (ovis) et al. (2015)16

Jimma

Oromia

At 14 day

106

104

56

55

137

34

Bekana et al. (2015)24

Jimma

Oromia

14–21 days

94

91

58

41

147

48

Vlaminck et al. (2019)14

Jimma

Oromia

14–21 days

139

139

90

87

106

51

Walker (2021)25

Jimma

Oromia

14–21 days

137

137

90

87

106

51

Tefera et al. (2015)26

Jimma

Oromia

At 14 days

162

161

63

59

157

94

Vlaminck et al. (2020)27

Jimma

Oromia

14–21 days

134

134

96

92

138

62

Ayana Heda (2022)28

Jimma

Oromia

14–21 days

125

123

210

81

Legese et al. (2004)29

Wondo Genet

Sidama

At 21 days

107

99

123

21

Samuel et al. (2014)30

Wondo Genet

Sidama

At 21 days

148

144

153

149

133

44

Fikresilassie (2011)31

Wondo Genet

Sidama

At 21 days

166

161

171

163

156

66

Leveck et al. (2014)32

Wondo Genet

Sidama

At 14 days

151

149

91

90

105

67

  1. *BDR Zuria = Bahir Dar Zuria; # Number of.