Soil‐transmitted helminths in southern highland <scp>R</scp>wanda: associated factors and effectiveness of school‐based preventive chemotherapy

The rural-urban difference in factors associated with STH infection and in reinfection rates highlights the need for targeted interventions to reduce transmission. PCR assays may help in detecting low-level infections persisting after treatment. In southern Rwanda, mebendazole is highly effective against the STH infections predominated by A. lumbricoides.