Effect of a sanitation intervention on soil-transmitted helminth prevalence and concentration in household soil: A cluster-randomized controlled trial and risk factor analysis.

• Main Authors: Lauren Steinbaum (Author), John Mboya (Author), Ryan Mahoney (Author), Sammy M Njenga (Author), Clair Null (Author), Amy J Pickering (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Improved sanitation has been associated with a reduced prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection and has been hypothesized to prevent fecal contamination from spreading throughout the household environment. We evaluated the effect of providing households with a pit latrine with a plast...