Reductions in the prevalence and incidence of geohelminth infections following a city-wide sanitation program in a Brazilian Urban Centre.

• Main Authors: Luciene Maura Mascarini-Serra (Author), Carlos A Telles (Author), Matildes S Prado (Author), Sheila Alvim Mattos (Author), Agostino Strina (Author), Neuza M Alcantara-Neves (Author), Mauricio L Barreto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the city of Salvador, a large urban centre in Northeast Brazil, a city-wide sanitation intervention started in 1997, aimed at improving the sewerage coverage of households from 26% to 80%. Our aim was to study the impact of the intervention on the prevalence and incidence of geohelminths in the s...