PMID: 26767274Jan 16, 2016Paper

Research progress in soil-transmitted helminth infection control among children at home and abroad

Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
Qi ZhouYing-dan Chen

Abstract

Children are the vulnerable group for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. Being infected with STHs for long term would affect the children' s nutritious status, health development and cognitive ability. This paper reviews the prevalence and influencing factors of the infections of STHs (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichuria and hookworm) for children at home and abroad, as well as the impact of STH infections on children's health, cognitive ability and school performance, and the related interventions and their effects.

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