Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection four and six months after mass drug administration: results from the delta region of Myanmar.

• Main Authors: Julia C Dunn (Author), Alison A Bettis (Author), Nay Yee Wyine (Author), Aye Moe Moe Lwin (Author), Aung Tun (Author), Nay Soe Maung (Author), Roy M Anderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Mass drug administration (MDA), targeted at school-aged children (SAC) is the method recommended by the World Health Organization for the control of morbidity induced by soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection in endemic countries. However, MDA does not prevent reinf...