Prevalence, intensity of infection and associated risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school children at Tachgayint woreda, Northcentral Ethiopia.

Tahir EyayuGashaw YimerLemma WorkinehTegenaw TirunehMeslo SemaBiruk LegeseAndargachew AlmawYenealem SolomonBirhanemaskal MalkamuErmias Sisay ChanieDejen Getaneh FelekeMelkamu Senbeta JimmaSeada HassenAragaw Tesfaw

Published in: PloS one (2022)

More than one-third of the school children were infected with at least one STH species and this indicates that STHs are still a health problem among school children in the study area. Therefore, periodic deworming, implementation of different prevention strategies, and health education programs should be regularly applied in the area.

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