The expansion of soil-transmitted helminth control strategies – Authors' reply

Naomi E. Clarke; Suhail A. Doi; Archie C. Clements; Darren Gray; Suzy Campbell; Dongxu Wang; Susana V. Nery

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The expansion of soil-transmitted helminth control strategies – Authors' reply

Naomi E. Clarke, Suhail A. Doi, Archie C. Clements, Darren Gray, Suzy Campbell, Dongxu Wang, Susana V. Nery

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We thank Gang Qin and Xun Zhuang for their letter regarding our systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet. Qin and Zhuang raise concerns about the heterogeneity of the included studies, reflecting low study quality. However, the heterogeneity in our meta-analysis in terms of prevalence reduction cannot be solely attributed to low study quality. The effect of soiltransmitted helminth (STH) control programmes varies significantly, because of a variety of factors, including environmental conditions, water, sanitation, and hygiene, and underlying transmission intensity

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2191
Number of pages	1
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	389
Issue number	10085
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31343-0
Publication status	Published - 3 Jun 2017

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