Background Preventive chemotherapy represents a powerful but short-term control strategy
for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Since humans are often re-infected rapidly, long-term …

Background Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections (ie, Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm,
and Trichuris trichiura) affect more than a billion people. Preventive chemotherapy (ie …

Background Intestinal parasitic infections are still one of the major health concerns in
developing countries. Monitoring of intestinal parasitic infection and associated risk factors …

Background Intestinal parasitic infections are among the major public health problems in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Their distribution is mainly associated with poor personal hygiene …

Abstract Background Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of chronic parasitic
diseases and related conditions that are the most common diseases among the 2· 7 billion …

We conducted a cluster-randomized trial to assess the impact of a school-based water
treatment, hygiene, and sanitation program on reducing infection with soil-transmitted …

Methods: Children aged 6-14 yr, going to government and government aided schools (n=
33, randomly selected) in Vellore and Thiruvanamalai districts were screened to estimate …

Objective Current data on soil-transmitted helminth infections, anemia and malnutrition that
are largely neglected is vital to the control and management of them in a specific setting …

A cross-sectional study involving 408 schoolchildren was performed from November 2013 to
February 2014 to assess the prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections and malnutrition …

Background In Kenya, over five million school age children (SAC) are estimated to be at risk
of parasitic worms causing soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and schistosomiasis. As …