Investigations into the association between soil-transmitted helminth infections haemoglobin and child development indices in Manufahi District Timor-Leste

摘要

BackgroundTimor-Leste has a high prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. High proportions of the population have been reported as being anaemic, and extremely high proportions of children as stunted or wasted. There have been no published analyses of the contributions of STH to these morbidity outcomes in Timor-Leste.