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Schematic of nonlinear relationship between prevalence of infection and heavy-intensity infections prior to treatment for low (blue) and high (red) worm aggregation populations. Dashed line, prevalence of heavy-intensity infections is 1%, that is elimination as a public health problem (EPHP) is achieved for school-aged children 5–14 years old settings falling below this threshold.
