Primary outcomes | |
Cumulative incidence of infection with | Ascaris spp |
Trichuris trichiura | |
Necator americanus | |
Ancylostoma spp | |
Secondary outcomes | |
Prevalence of infection with | Strongyloides stercoralis |
Giardia duodenalis | |
Entamoeba histolytica | |
Cryptosporidium spp | |
Ratio of numbers of people infected with the hookworms | Ancylostoma duodenale |
N. americanus | |
Ancylostoma ceylanicum | |
Mean intensity of infection (calculated as the average number of eggs per gram of faeces) of the most frequent STH | Ascaris spp |
T. trichiura | |
N. americanus | |
Ancylostoma spp | |
Mean haemoglobin concentration | |
Weight-for-age (underweight) Z-score | |
Weight-for-height Z-score (wasting) | |
Height-for-age Z-score (stunting) | |
Body mass index-for-age (thinness) |
End points will be measured 2 years after the first albendazole distribution; and midpoints will be measured at 6 months intervals (12 months in the case of haemoglobin and anthropometric indexes).
STH, soil-transmitted helminths.