Prevalence of soil transmitted helminths in school-aged children, Colombia, 2012-2013.

• Main Authors: David José González Quiroz (Author), Sonia Del Pilar Agudelo Lopez (Author), Catalina María Arango (Author), Jesús Ernesto Ochoa Acosta (Author), León Darío Bello Parias (Author), Leonardo Uribe Alzate (Author), Carolina Hernández Castro (Author), Angélica Patricia Medina Lozano (Author), Geicy Derly Sepúlveda Vergara (Author), Adriana Molina Giraldo (Author), Julián Trujillo-Trujillo (Author), Ivet Del Carmen Pernett Bolaño (Author), Claudia Milena Cuellar Segura (Author), María Patricia Arbeláez Montoya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>This study aims to establish the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) intestinal infections, nutritional status, and anemia in school children aged 7 to 10 years old in the biogeographic provinces of Colombia in 2012-2013. STH prevalence in the country has not...