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Prevalence and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in mothers and their infants in Butajira,Ethiopia: a population based study |
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| Authors: | Yeshambel Belyhun Girmay Medhin Alemayehu Amberbir Berhanu Erko Charlotte Hanlon Atalay Alem Andrea Venn John Britton Gail Davey |
| Affiliation: | (1) Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;(2) School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;(3) Division of Epidemiology & Public Health, the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK;(4) Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Abstract: | BackgroundSoil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are widespread in underdeveloped countries. In Ethiopia, the prevalence and distribution of helminth infection varies by place and with age. We therefore investigated the prevalence of and risk factors for STH infection in mothers and their one year-old children living in Butajira town and surrounding rural areas in southern Ethiopia. |
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