Comparing Strategies to Reduce Soil-Transmitted Hookworm Infections

In Kenya, community-wide interventions were more effective than a school-based approach.

School-based treatment programs are used widely to reduce prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections, predominantly by hookworms, but this approach excludes adults.

To compare the effectiveness of various mass-treatment strategies to reduce infections from hookworms, investigators conducted a cluster-randomized, controlled trial in which 120 communities in Kenya, each with approximately 1000 individuals, were assigned 1:1:1 to an annual school-based intervention targeting children aged 2 to 14 years, an annual community-based intervention targeting all ages, or a biannual community-based intervention targeting all ages. Participants received industry-donated albendazole (400 mg) administered by trained teachers in the school-based in…

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Mary E. Wilson, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardOneHealthTrust (formerly Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy); Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin

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Mary E. Wilson, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardOneHealthTrust (formerly Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy); Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin

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Comparing Strategies to Reduce Soil-Transmitted Hookworm Infections

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