The Effect of Deworming on Growth in One-Year-Old Children Living in a Soil-Transmitted Helminth-Endemic Area of Peru: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Main Authors: Serene A Joseph (Author), Martín Casapía (Author), Antonio Montresor (Author), Elham Rahme (Author), Brian J Ward (Author), Grace S Marquis (Author), Lidsky Pezo (Author), Brittany Blouin (Author), Mathieu Maheu-Giroux (Author), Theresa W Gyorkos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Appropriate health and nutrition interventions to prevent long-term adverse effects in children are necessary before two years of age. One such intervention may include population-based deworming, recommended as of 12 months of age by the World Health Organization in soil-transmitted helm...