Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Children in a Remote Aboriginal Community in the Northern Territory: Hookworm is Rare but Strongyloides stercoralis and Trichuris trichiura Persist

Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Children in a Remote Aboriginal Community in the Northern Territory: Hookworm is Rare but Strongyloides stercoralis and Trichuris trichiura Persist

(1) Background: soil-transmitted helminths are a problem worldwide, largely affecting disadvantaged populations. The little data available indicates high rates of infection in some remote Aboriginal communities in Australia. Studies of helminths were carried out in the same remote community in the N...

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Main Authors: Deborah C. Holt, Jennifer Shield, Tegan M. Harris, Kate E. Mounsey, Kieran Aland, James S. McCarthy, Bart J. Currie, Therese M. Kearns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
Strongyloides stercoralis
strongyloidiasis
Trichuris trichiura
Rodentolepis nana
Northern Territory
Aboriginal
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/2/4/51

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