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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.

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Type
Journal Article
Author
Pickering AJ
Njenga S
Steinbaum L
Swarthout J
Lin A
Arnold B
Stewart C
Dentz HN
Mureithi M
Chieng B
Wolfe M
Mahoney R
Kihara J
Byrd K
Rao G
Meerkerk T
Cheruiyot P
Papaiakovou M
Pilotte N
Williams SA
Colford J
Null C