The Effect of Deworming on Growth in One-Year-Old Children Living in a Soil-Transmitted Helminth-Endemic Area of Peru: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND:Appropriate health and nutrition interventions to prevent long-term adverse effects in children are necessary before two years of age. One such intervention may include population-based deworming, recommended as of 12 months of age by the World Health Organization in soil-transmitted helm...

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Main Authors: Serene A Joseph, Martín Casapía, Antonio Montresor, Elham Rahme, Brian J Ward, Grace S Marquis, Lidsky Pezo, Brittany Blouin, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Theresa W Gyorkos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4591279?pdf=render