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Up to 60% of people in some Indigenous Australian communities are infected with a parasitic worm that almost nobody has heard of, and without treatment, the infection can be fatal.
There’s a growing body of evidence that shows we could be doing more for the close to billion children at risk of intestinal worms. We simply cannot afford to ignore it.
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health, Flinders University
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PhD candidate in Global Health, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Flinders University
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PhD Candidate, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
