Controlling soil-transmitted helminthiasis in pre-school-age children through preventive chemotherapy.

• Main Authors: Marco Albonico (Author), Henrietta Allen (Author), Lester Chitsulo (Author), Dirk Engels (Author), Albis-Francesco Gabrielli (Author), Lorenzo Savioli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pre-school age children account for 10%-20% of the 2 billion people worldwide who are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs): Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), and Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus (hookworms). Through a systematic review of the publis...