The Interaction of Deworming, Improved Sanitation, and Household Flooring with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Rural Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Jade Benjamin-Chung (Author), Arifa Nazneen (Author), Amal K Halder (Author), Rashidul Haque (Author), Abdullah Siddique (Author), Muhammed Salah Uddin (Author), Kim Koporc (Author), Benjamin F Arnold (Author), Alan E Hubbard (Author), Leanne Unicomb (Author), Stephen P Luby (Author), David G Addiss (Author), John M Colford (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The combination of deworming and improved sanitation or hygiene may result in greater reductions in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection than any single intervention on its own. We measured STH prevalence in rural Bangladesh and assessed potential interactions among deworming, hygien...