Prevalence and Determinants of Geohelminthiasis among School-Age Children in Jimma City, Ethiopia

School-age children (SAC) are at a higher risk of geohelminth or soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections due to their practice of walking and playing barefoot, lack of adequate sanitary facilities, and poor personal hygiene. In Ethiopia, periodic deworming has been implemented since 2013 with the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmed Zeynudin, Teshome Degefa, Sultan Suleman, Abdulhakim Abamecha, Zuber Hajikelil, Andreas Wieser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8811795