01445nas a2200397 4500000000100000008004100001653001400042653003600056653002200092100001700114700001300131700001600144700001600160700001000176700001300186700001400199700001300213700001500226700001300241700001200254700001400266700001300280700001100293700001000304700001500314700001600329700001800345700001400363700001600377700001400393700001100407700001200418245020900430856010300639520030500742 2019 d10aNutrition10aSoil-transmitted helminth (STH)10aWaSH intervention1 aPickering AJ1 aNjenga S1 aSteinbaum L1 aSwarthout J1 aLin A1 aArnold B1 aStewart C1 aDentz HN1 aMureithi M1 aChieng B1 aWolfe M1 aMahoney R1 aKihara J1 aByrd K1 aRao G1 aMeerkerk T1 aCheruiyot P1 aPapaiakovou M1 aPilotte N1 aWilliams SA1 aColford J1 aNull C1 aByass P00aEffects 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 uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002841&type=printable3 a

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.