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School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Soil-Transmitted Helminths, and Schistosomes: National Mapping in Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: It is thought that improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) might reduce the transmission of schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths, owing to their life cycles. However, few large-scale studies have yet assessed the real extent of associations between WASH and these parasites...

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Main Authors: Grimes, Jack E. T., Tadesse, Gemechu, Mekete, Kalkidan, Wuletaw, Yonas, Gebretsadik, Abeba, French, Michael D., Harrison, Wendy E., Drake, Lesley J., Gardiner, Iain A., Yard, Elodie, Templeton, Michael R.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26954688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004515