Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection four and six months after mass drug administration: results from the delta region of Myanmar.
Julia C DunnAlison A BettisNay Yee WyineAye Moe Moe LwinAung TunNay Soe MaungRoy M AndersonPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)
This study demonstrates that, for certain demographic groups, a six-month gap between MDA in these communities is enough time for STH infection to return to STH prevalence levels recorded immediately before the previous MDA round, and that on average the same individuals are being consistently infected between MDA rounds.