The Interaction of Deworming, Improved Sanitation, and Household Flooring with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Rural Bangladesh

Jade Benjamin-Chung; Arifa Nazneen; Amal K. Halder; Rashidul Haque; Abdullah Siddique; Muhammed Salah Uddin; Kim Koporc; Benjamin F. Arnold; Alan E. Hubbard; Leanne Unicomb; Stephen P. Luby; David G. Addiss; John M. Colford Jr.

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004256

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The Interaction of Deworming, Improved Sanitation, and Household Flooring with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Rural Bangladesh

Jade Benjamin-Chung ,

* E-mail: jadebc@berkeley.edu

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Arifa Nazneen,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Amal K. Halder,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Rashidul Haque,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abdullah Siddique,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Muhammed Salah Uddin,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Kim Koporc,

Affiliation Children Without Worms, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Benjamin F. Arnold,

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Alan E. Hubbard,

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Leanne Unicomb,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Stephen P. Luby,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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David G. Addiss,

Affiliation Children Without Worms, Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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John M. Colford Jr.

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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The Interaction of Deworming, Improved Sanitation, and Household Flooring with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Rural Bangladesh

Jade Benjamin-Chung,
Arifa Nazneen,
Amal K. Halder,
Rashidul Haque,
Abdullah Siddique,
Muhammed Salah Uddin,
Kim Koporc,
Benjamin F. Arnold,
Alan E. Hubbard,
Leanne Unicomb

Published: December 1, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004256

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