Status of soil-transmitted helminth infections in schoolchildren in Laguna Province, the Philippines: Determined by parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques.

• Main Authors: Mary Lorraine S Mationg (Author), Catherine A Gordon (Author), Veronica L Tallo (Author), Remigio M Olveda (Author), Portia P Alday (Author), Mark Donald C Reñosa (Author), Franziska A Bieri (Author), Gail M Williams (Author), Archie C A Clements (Author), Peter Steinmann (Author), Kate Halton (Author), Yuesheng Li (Author), Donald P McManus (Author), Darren J Gray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are the most common parasitic infections in impoverished communities, particularly among children. Current STH control is through school-based mass drug administration (MDA), which in the Philippines is done twice annually. As expected, MDA has decreased the intensit...