> While the small, round worms can live for a decade, they don’t multiply unless outside the body, and good hygiene means transmission risk is very low. One in

> While the small, round worms can live for a decade, they don’t multiply unless outside the body, and good hygiene means transmission risk is very low. One in twenty people in my country have type 2 diabetes. If this treatment was widespread I think the risk to the general population wouldn't be low. According to Wikipedia "Children's physical and cognitive growth may be affected [by hookworms]".