Abstract Background Control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis relies heavily on regular preventive chemotherapy. Monitoring drug efficacy is crucial to provide early warning treatment failures. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a survey design in which only egg-positive individuals are retested after treatment. Although this practice makes more efficient use res...

Soil-transmitted Helminths (STH) often cause slightly high numbers of comorbids, especially in developing countries. Ascaris lumbricoides is the STH that most causes infection, which called Ascariasis. The rate infection caused by poor environmental sanitation and habits Clean Healthy Lifestyle (PHBS) population. In Indonesia, one main public health problems with prevalence ranged between 45% t...