Regional, household and individual factors that influence soil transmitted helminth reinfection dynamics in preschool children from rural indigenous Panamá.

• Main Authors: Carli M Halpenny (Author), Claire Paller (Author), Kristine G Koski (Author), Victoria E Valdés (Author), Marilyn E Scott (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Few studies have investigated the relative influence of individual susceptibility versus household exposure factors versus regional clustering of infection on soil transmitted helminth (STH) transmission. The present study examined reinfection dynamics and spatial clus...