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Unexpected low soil-transmitted helminth prevalence in the Butha-Buthe district in Lesotho, results from a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections with Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura affect large parts of the world’s population. For the implementation of national STH control programs, e.g. preventive chemotherapy (treatment with albendazole and mebendazole), the spa...

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Autores principales: Moser, Wendelin, Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel, Cheleboi, Molisana, Muhairwe, Josephine, Keiser, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28179008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-1995-x