Epidemiology of soil transmitted helminths and risk analysis of hookworm infections in the community: Results from the DeWorm3 Trial in southern India.

• Main Authors: Sitara S R Ajjampur (Author), Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan (Author), Katherine E Halliday (Author), Gokila Palanisamy (Author), Jasmine Farzana (Author), Malathi Manuel (Author), Dilip Abraham (Author), Selvi Laxmanan (Author), Kumudha Aruldas (Author), Anuradha Rose (Author), David S Kennedy (Author), William E Oswald (Author), Rachel L Pullan (Author), Sean R Galagan (Author), Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir (Author), Roy M Anderson (Author), Jayaprakash Muliyil (Author), Rajiv Sarkar (Author), Gagandeep Kang (Author), Judd L Walson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Since 2015, India has coordinated the largest school-based deworming program globally, targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in ~250 million children aged 1 to 19 years twice yearly. Despite substantial progress in reduction of morbidity associated with STH, reinfection rates in endemic communi...