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Associations between school- and household-level water, sanitation and hygiene conditions and soil-transmitted helminth infection among Kenyan school children

BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths, a class of parasitic intestinal worms, are pervasive in many low-income settings. Infection among children can lead to poor nutritional outcomes, anaemia, and reduced cognition. Mass treatment, typically administered through schools, with yearly or biannual dr...

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Autores principales: Freeman, M. C., Chard, A. N., Nikolay, B., Garn, J. V., Okoyo, C., Kihara, J., Njenga, S. M., Pullan, R. L., Brooker, S. J., Mwandawiro, C. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26248869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1024-x