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Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Plantation Sector Schoolchildren in Sri Lanka: Prevalence after Ten Years of Preventive Chemotherapy

Kithsiri Gunawardena, Balachandran Kumarendran, Roshini Ebenezer, Muditha Sanjeewa Gunasingha, A. Pathmeswaran, Nilanthi de Silva

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2011 · 65 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

The results indicate that regular mass de-worming of plantation sector children should be resumed along with more emphasis on better sanitation and health education. They show that even after 10 years of mass chemotherapy, prevalence can bounce back after cessation of preventive chemotherapy, if the initial force of transmission is strong and other long-term control measures are not concomitantly implemented.

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Patterns and Risk Factors of Helminthiasis and Anemia in a Rural and a Peri-urban Community in Zanzibar, in the Context of Helminth Control Programs

Stefanie Knopp, Khalfan A. Mohammed, J. Russell Stothard et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2010 · 83 citations · Full text