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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Published in BMC Public Health on January 19, 2010

Authors

Yeshambel Belyhun1, Girmay Medhin, Alemayehu Amberbir, Berhanu Erko, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, Andrea Venn, John Britton, Gail Davey

Author Affiliations

1: Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,

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