Soil-transmitted helminth infections among plantation sector schoolchildren in Sri Lanka: prevalence after ten years of preventive chemotherapy.

Gunawardena, Kithsiri

Soil-transmitted helminth infections among plantation sector schoolchildren in Sri Lanka: prevalence after ten years of preventive chemotherapy. [electronic resource] - PLoS neglected tropical diseases Sep 2011 - e1341 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1935-2735

10.1371/journal.pntd.0001341 doi


Adolescent
Animals
Anthelmintics--therapeutic use
Ascaris lumbricoides--isolation & purification
Chemoprevention--methods
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Feces--parasitology
Female
Helminthiasis--epidemiology
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Schools
Sri Lanka--epidemiology
Students
Trichuris--isolation & purification