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Soil-transmitted helminth infection in school age children in Sierra Leone after a decade of preventive chemotherapy interventions

Abstract Background Baseline mapping of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among school age children (SAC) in 2008-2009 found high or moderate prevalence in 13 of the 14 districts in Sierra Leone. Following these surveys, mass drug administration (MDA) of mebendazole/albendazole was conducte...

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Main Authors:	Yakuba Mohamed Bah (Author), Mohamed Salieu Bah (Author), Jusufu Paye (Author), Abdulai Conteh (Author), Sam Saffa (Author), Alie Tia (Author), Mustapha Sonnie (Author), Amy Veinoglou (Author), Joseph J. Amon (Author), Mary Hamer Hodges (Author), Yaobi Zhang (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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