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 In countries of high endemicity of the soil-transmitted helminth parasites Ascaris
lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm, preventive chemotherapy (ie, repeated …

The transmission soil transmitted helminths (STH) occurs via ingestion of or contact with
infective stages present in soil contaminated with human faeces. It follows therefore that …

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections affect persons living in areas with poor water,
sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Preschool-aged children (PSAC) and school-aged children …

More than half of the world's population lives in places endemic for soil-transmitted
helminths (STHs), and an estimated 1.45 billion people are infected [1, 2]. In 2017, the …

Background Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are a public health problem in
resource-limited settings worldwide. Chronic STH infection impairs optimum learning and …

Background Soil transmitted helminths (STH) infect> 1.5 billion people. Mass drug
administration (MDA) effectively reduces infection; however, there is evidence for rapid …

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and schistosomes are parasites that affect the world's
poorest people, causing losses of up to 39 million and 70 million disability adjusted life …

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 …

Background Soil-transmitted helminths, a class of parasitic intestinal worms, are pervasive in
many low-income settings. Infection among children can lead to poor nutritional outcomes …