Soil-transmitted helminth infections among plantation sector schoolchildren in Sri Lanka: prevalence after ten years of preventive chemotherapy.

• Main Authors: Kithsiri Gunawardena (Author), Balachandran Kumarendran (Author), Roshini Ebenezer (Author), Muditha Sanjeewa Gunasingha (Author), Arunasalam Pathmeswaran (Author), Nilanthi de Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The plantation sector in Sri Lanka lags behind the rest of the country in terms of living conditions and health. In 1992, a sector-wide survey of children aged 3-12 years and women of reproductive age showed >90% prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections. Biannual mass de-wor...