Table 1 Databases searched, and the search terms used to identify publications on drug-resistant bacterial contamination of herbal medicines in Africa since 2000
Databases searched | Search terms |
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PubMed, Science Direct, Scifinder Scholar, Google scholar, HerbMed, Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, African Journal Online (AJOL) | Herbal medicine, Indigenous traditional medicine, Microbial herbal contamination, bacterial herbal contamination, Herbal medicine safety, Herbal medicine risks, Bacteria, Bacterial drug resistance, Bacterial drug resistance genes, Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Algeria, Sudan, Morocco, Angola, Mozambique, Ghana, Madagascar, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Malawi, Zambia, Senegal, Chad, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Rwanda, Benin, Burundi, Tunisia, South Sudan, Togo, Sierra Leon, Libya, Congo, Liberia, Central African Republic, Mauritania, Eritrea, Namibia, Gambia, Botswana, Gabon, Lesotho, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Eswatini, Djibouti, Comoros, Cabo Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles |