Neglected Tropical Diseases

The NTD Initiative

Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis, commonly known as infections with intestinal worms, are the most common infections worldwide affecting the most deprived communities. Read on to learn more about three main soil-transmitted helminthiasis of public health importance.

• Whipworm
  
  
• Hookworm
  
  
• Roundworm

Additional Resources

• Human Hookworm Infection in the 21st Century - 2004
• Soil-transmitted Helminthes Infections: Updating the Global Picture – 10/14/03
  (Read the abstract. Article available for purchase.)
• Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis: Report of a WHO Expert Committee, WHO Technical Report Series 912 – 2002 [PDF, 1.4MB]
• Ascaris and Ascariasis - 2001
  (Read the abstract. Article available for purchase.)