Longitudinal monitoring of prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections as part of community-wide mass drug administration within the Geshiyaro project in the Bolosso Sore district, Wolaita, Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Toby Landeryou (Author), Rosie Maddren (Author), Santiago Rayment Gomez (Author), Suprabhath Kalahasti (Author), Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew (Author), Melkie Chernet (Author), Hussein Mohammed (Author), Yonas Wuletaw (Author), James Truscott (Author), Anna E Phillips (Author), Alison Ower (Author), Kathryn Forbes (Author), Ufaysa Anjulo (Author), Birhan Mengistu (Author), Geremew Tasew (Author), Mihretab Salasibew (Author), Roy Anderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mass drug administration (MDA), targeted at school-aged children (SAC) is recommended by the World Health Organization for the control of morbidity induced by soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection in endemic countries. However, MDA does not prevent reinfection between treatment rounds, and resea...