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Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases

Outline
I. Overview
II. Ascaris
III. Enterobius
IV. Trichuris
V. Diagnostics
VI. Treatment
VII.Control
VIII.Challenges
What are soil transmitted helminths?
• Intestinal worms
• Also known as
Geohelminths
– Require soil for maturation
and become infective
• Ascaris lumbricoides
• Whipworm (Trichuris
trichiura)
• Hookworm (Anclostoma
duodenale and Necator
americanus)
Distribution

https://apps.who.int/neglected_diseases/ntddata/sth/sth.html

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