Sustained preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminthiases leads to reduction in prevalence and anthelminthic tablets required

Sustained preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminthiases leads to reduction in prevalence and anthelminthic tablets required

Abstract Background The goal of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) control programmes is to eliminate STH-associated morbidity in the target population by reducing the prevalence of moderate- and heavy-intensity infections and the overall STH infection prevalence mainly through preventive chemothe...

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Main Authors: Denise Mupfasoni, Mathieu Bangert, Alexei Mikhailov, Chiara Marocco, Antonio Montresor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Soil-transmitted helminthiases
Control; morbidity
Preventive chemotherapy
Prevalence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-019-0589-6

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