Community-wide prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and Schistosoma mansoni in two districts of Sierra Leone.

• Main Authors: Cara Tupps (Author), Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour (Author), Jusufu Paye (Author), Sanjaya Dhakal (Author), Mary H Hodges (Author), Alexander H Jones (Author), Stacy Davlin (Author), Mustapha Sonnie (Author), Sallay Manah (Author), Rubina Imtiaz (Author), Yaobi Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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In Sierra Leone, nationally powered school-based surveys have documented significant progress in the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and schistosomiasis. In order to assess the district-level prevalence and intensity of infection among key at-risk groups outside of school age childre...