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Does vitamin A supplementation protect schoolchildren from acquiring soil-transmitted helminthiasis? A randomized controlled trial

Al-Mekhlafi HM 1 , Anuar TS , Al-Zabedi EM , Al-Maktari MT , Mahdy MA , Ahmed A Show all authors , Sallam AA , Abdullah WA , Moktar N , Surin J

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  • 1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. halmekhlafi@yahoo.com
Parasit Vectors, 2014;7:367.
PMID: 25127885 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-367

Abstract

Despite the intensive global efforts to control intestinal parasitic infections, the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections is still very high in many developing countries particularly among children in rural areas.

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