The Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Bihar State, India

Katie Greenland; Ruth Dixon; Shabbir Ali Khan; Kithsiri Gunawardena; Jimmy H. Kihara; Jennifer L. Smith; Lesley Drake; Prerna Makkar; Sri Raman; Sarman Singh; Sanjay Kumar

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003790

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The Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Bihar State, India

Katie Greenland ,

* E-mail: katie.greenland@lshtm.ac.uk (KG); r.dixon@malariaconsortium.org (RD)

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Ruth Dixon ,

* E-mail: katie.greenland@lshtm.ac.uk (KG); r.dixon@malariaconsortium.org (RD)

Affiliations Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Shabbir Ali Khan,

Affiliation Patna University, Bihar, India
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Kithsiri Gunawardena,

Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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Jimmy H. Kihara,

Affiliation Eastern and Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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Jennifer L. Smith,

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Lesley Drake,

Affiliations Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Imperial College London, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom
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Prerna Makkar,

Affiliations Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Sri Raman †,

† Deceased.

Affiliation Deworm the World, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Sarman Singh,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Sanjay Kumar

Affiliation Secretary Health-cum- Executive Director State Health Society, Bihar, India
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The Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Bihar State, India

Katie Greenland,
Ruth Dixon,
Shabbir Ali Khan,
Kithsiri Gunawardena,
Jimmy H. Kihara,
Jennifer L. Smith,
Lesley Drake,
Prerna Makkar,
Sri Raman,
Sarman Singh

Published: May 20, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003790

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