Mass deworming to improve developmental health and wellbeing of children in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Vivian A Welch, DrPhD (Author), Elizabeth Ghogomu, MSc (Author), Alomgir Hossain, PhD (Author), Shally Awasthi, MD (Author), Zulfiqar A Bhutta, ProfMD (Author), Chisa Cumberbatch, MSc (Author), Robert Fletcher, MD (Author), Jessie McGowan, PhD (Author), Shari Krishnaratne, MSc (Author), Elizabeth Kristjansson, PhD (Author), Salim Sohani, MBBS (Author), Shalini Suresh, HBSc (Author), Peter Tugwell, MBBS (Author), Howard White, PhD (Author), George A Wells, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis, considered among the neglected tropical diseases by WHO, affect more than a third of the world's population, with varying intensity of infection. We aimed to evaluate the effects of mass deworming for soil-transmitted helm...