Key references: Community deworming programs

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  • Croke K, Hicks JH, Hsu E, Kremer MR, Miguel EA. Does mass deworming affect child nutrition? meta-analysis, cost-effectiveness, and statistical power. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank; 2016. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/926411482169164466/Does-mass-deworming-affect-child-nutrition-meta-analysis-cost-effectiveness-and-statistical-power
  • Ebenezer R, Gunawardena K, Kumarendran B, Pathmeswaran A, Jukes MC, Drake LJ, et al. Cluster-randomised trial of the impact of school-based deworming and iron supplementation on the cognitive abilities of schoolchildren in Sri Lanka's plantation sector. Trop Med Int Health 2013;18(8):942–51. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23837404
  • Joseph SA, Casapia M, Montresor A, Rahme E, Ward BJ, Marquis GS, et al. The Effect of Deworming on Growth in One-Year-Old Children Living in a Soil-Transmitted Helminth-Endemic Area of Peru: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9(10):e0004020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26426270
  • Kepha S, Mwandawiro CS, Anderson RM, Pullan RL, Nuwaha F, Cano J, et al. Impact of single annual treatment and four-monthly treatment for hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides, and factors associated with residual infection among Kenyan school children. Infect Dis Poverty 2017;6(1):30. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28179024
  • Kremer M, Croke K. More evidence on the effects of deworming: What lessons can we learn? Am J. Trop Med Hyg, 2017;96(6):1265–6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28719261/
  • Levecke B, Montresor A, Albonico M, Ame SM, Behnke JM, Bethony JM, et al. Assessment of anthelmintic efficacy of mebendazole in school children in six countries where soil-transmitted helminths are endemic. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8(10):e3204. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25299391
  • Liu C, Lu L, Zhang L, Luo R, Sylvia S, Medina A, et al. Effect of Deworming on Indices of Health, Cognition, and Education Among Schoolchildren in Rural China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017;96(6):1478–89. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28093533
  • Salam RA, Haider BA, Humayun Q, Bhutta ZA. Effect of administration of antihelminthics for soil-transmitted helminths during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015;(6):CD005547. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26087057
  • Speich B, Moser W, Ali SM, Ame SM, Albonico M, Hattendorf J, et al. Efficacy and reinfection with soil-transmitted helminths 18-weeks post-treatment with albendazole-ivermectin, albendazole-mebendazole, albendazole-oxantel pamoate and mebendazole. Parasit Vectors 2016;9:123. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26935065
  • Taylor-Robinson DC, Maayan N, Soares-Weiser K, Donegan S, Garner P. Deworming drugs for soil-transmitted intestinal worms in children: effects on nutritional indicators, haemoglobin, and school performance. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015;(7):CD000371. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26202783
  • Yap P, Du ZW, Wu FW, Jiang JY, Chen R, Zhou XN, et al. Rapid re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths after triple-dose albendazole treatment of school-aged children in Yunnan, People's Republic of China. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013;89(1):23–31. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23690551