@article{33402, keywords = {Nutrition, Soil-transmitted helminth (STH), WaSH intervention}, author = {Pickering AJ and Njenga S and Steinbaum L and Swarthout J and Lin A and Arnold B and Stewart C and Dentz HN and Mureithi M and Chieng B and Wolfe M and Mahoney R and Kihara J and Byrd K and Rao G and Meerkerk T and Cheruiyot P and Papaiakovou M and Pilotte N and Williams SA and Colford J and Null C and Byass P}, title = {Effects of single and integrated water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition interventions on child soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Kenya}, abstract = {

Helminth and protozoan infections affect more than 1 billion children globally. Improving water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition could be more sustainable control strategies for parasite infections than mass drug administration, while providing other quality of life benefits.

}, year = {2019}, journal = {PLOS Medicine}, url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002841&type=printable}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1002841}, language = {eng}, }