The soil-transmitted helminths are among the most typical infections globally, with an estimated 1 billion infected individuals or 25% of the world’s population. With the largest concentration recorded in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, China, and Asia, these illnesses afflict the poorest and most underprivileged communities in tropical and subtropical settings, with limited access to clean water, nutrition, and hygiene.
They are spread via eggs found in human feces, which then pollute the soil in unsanitary locations. In places where these parasites are extensively transmitted, there are about a million preschoolers, school-age kids, adolescent females, and pregnant and nursing women who need treatment and preventive measures.
