A paper published today in Parasites & Vectors found that treatment levels and frequency must be much higher if STH transmission is to be interrupted by mass chemotherapy alone.
A paper published today in Parasites & Vectors found that treatment levels and frequency must be much higher if soil-transmitted helminth (STH) transmission is to be interrupted by mass chemotherapy alone.
Using a dynamic transmission model, authors found that when planning interventions to reduce transmission, current school-based interventions are unlikely to be enough to achieve the desired results. Suggestions include refining WHO guidelines for community based treatment of STH.
Authors:
James Truscott, Imperial College London
Deirdre Hollingsworth, University of Warwick
Simon Brooker, GAHI, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Roy Anderson, Imperial College London
The paper is available in our Publications and from Parasites & Vectors.