Publications by authors named "Selvi Laxmanan"
Objectives: Targeted deworming is the current strategy for control of morbidity associated with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) among at-risk populations: preschool-aged children, school-aged children and women of childbearing age. We report the prevalence and intensity of STH in a district after lymphatic filariasis (LF) mass drug administration (MDA) in southern India where albendazole was co-administered from 2001.
Methods: Children aged 2 to 15 years and adults (defined as ≥15 years) in a rural administrative block of Tamil Nadu were recruited using a probability proportional to size method.
Epidemiology of soil transmitted helminths and risk analysis of hookworm infections in the community: Results from the DeWorm3 Trial in southern India.
Sitara S R Ajjampur Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan Katherine E Halliday Gokila Palanisamy Jasmine Farzana Selvi Laxmanan
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
April 2021
Article Synopsis
- India has been leading the largest school-based deworming initiative since 2015, targeting approximately 250 million children to combat soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in a bid to reduce morbidity, though reinfection rates remain high in certain areas.
- A community survey in Tamil Nadu, part of the DeWorm3 Project, involved comprehensive data collection from over 140,000 individuals across 36,536 households to assess STH prevalence over five years, with 6089 participants providing stool samples for analysis.
- Results revealed a 17% unweighted prevalence of STH, predominantly hookworm, with age-related factors influencing infection rates, while Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura showed