Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): a critical component for sustainable soil-transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis control

Affiliations

¹ School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² WaterAid Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Clinical Tropical Medicine Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Women's and Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ WaterAid, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
⁷ Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Suzy J Campbell et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014.

. 2014 Apr 10;8(4):e2651.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002651. eCollection 2014 Apr.

¹ School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² WaterAid Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Clinical Tropical Medicine Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Women's and Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ WaterAid, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
⁷ Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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