Geographical distribution of soil transmitted helminths and the effects of community type in South Asia and South East Asia - A systematic review.

• Main Authors: Zachary A Silver (Author), Saravanakumar P Kaliappan (Author), Prasanna Samuel (Author), Srinivasan Venugopal (Author), Gagandeep Kang (Author), Rajiv Sarkar (Author), Sitara S R Ajjampur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTD) worldwide. Since the publication of the WHO road map to combat NTD in 2012, there has been a renewed commitment to control STH. In this study, we analysed the geographical distribution and effec...