Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions on soil-transmitted helminth infections in young children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Ayse Ercumen (Author), Jade Benjamin-Chung (Author), Benjamin F Arnold (Author), Audrie Lin (Author), Alan E Hubbard (Author), Christine Stewart (Author), Zahidur Rahman (Author), Sarker Masud Parvez (Author), Leanne Unicomb (Author), Mahbubur Rahman (Author), Rashidul Haque (Author), John M Colford (Author), Stephen P Luby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Soil transmitted helminths (STH) infect >1.5 billion people. Mass drug administration (MDA) effectively reduces infection; however, there is evidence for rapid reinfection and risk of potential drug resistance. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Banglades...