Prevalence, risk factors and health consequences of soil-transmitted helminth infection on the Bijagos Islands, Guinea Bissau: A community-wide cross-sectional study.

• Main Authors: Olivia Farrant (Author), Tegwen Marlais (Author), Joanna Houghton (Author), Adriana Goncalves (Author), Eunice Teixeira da Silva Cassama (Author), Marito Gomes Cabral (Author), Jose Nakutum (Author), Cristovao Manjuba (Author), Amabelia Rodrigues (Author), David Mabey (Author), Robin Bailey (Author), Anna Last (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are endemic and widespread across Sub-Saharan Africa. A community wide soil-transmitted helminth (STH) prevalence survey was performed on the island of Bubaque in Guinea-Bissau using both Kato-katz microscopy and qPCR methodology. Predictors of infection and morbidit...