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Effect of Sanitation on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: In countries of high endemicity of the soil-transmitted helminth parasites Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm, preventive chemotherapy (i.e., repeated administration of anthelmintic drugs to at-risk populations) is the main strategy to control morbidity. However, rap...

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Autores principales: Ziegelbauer, Kathrin, Speich, Benjamin, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Bos, Robert, Keiser, Jennifer, Utzinger, Jürg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001162