High prevalence of helminth infections in mother-child pairs from three central provinces of Lao People's Democratic Republic

In Southeast Asia, the large majority of the population remains affected by parasitic worms despite longstanding mass treatment and health education campaigns. Soil-transmitted helminths and also the fish-borne liver fluke negatively affect development during early childhood.Here, the prevalence of...

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Main Authors: Maude Pauly, Kong Sayasinh, Claude P. Muller, Somphou Sayasone, Antony P. Black
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673119300856