School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Soil-Transmitted Helminths, and Schistosomes: National Mapping in Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Jack E T Grimes (Author), Gemechu Tadesse (Author), Kalkidan Mekete (Author), Yonas Wuletaw (Author), Abeba Gebretsadik (Author), Michael D French (Author), Wendy E Harrison (Author), Lesley J Drake (Author), Iain A Gardiner (Author), Elodie Yard (Author), Michael R Templeton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:It is thought that improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) might reduce the transmission of schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths, owing to their life cycles. However, few large-scale studies have yet assessed the real extent of associations between WASH and these parasites....