1. Chapter 1: Background.
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HELMINTHIASIS , *PARASITIC diseases , *SCHISTOSOMIASIS , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *FOOD contamination - Abstract
Chapter 1 of the book "Helminth Control in School-Age Children" is presented. It notes that more than 2000 million have been affected worldwide by soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and schistosome. STH and schistosome can affect the nutritional status, cognitive processes, cause complications that need surgical intervention and induce reactions in the tissues. Humans can be infected by ingesting inefective eggs on contaminated food and penetration of infective larva in skin.
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- 2002