Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): a critical component for sustainable soil-transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis control.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on April 10, 2014

Authors

Suzy J Campbell1, Georgia B Savage2, Darren J Gray3, Jo-An M Atkinson1, Ricardo J Soares Magalhães1, Susana V Nery1, James S McCarthy4, Yael Velleman5, James H Wicken2, Rebecca J Traub6, Gail M Williams1, Ross M Andrews7, Archie C A Clements1

Author Affiliations

1: School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2: WaterAid Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
3: School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
4: School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Clinical Tropical Medicine Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Women's and Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
5: WaterAid, London, United Kingdom.
6: School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
7: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

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