Effect of sanitation improvements on soil-transmitted helminth eggs in courtyard soil from rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Improved sanitation has been hypothesized to reduce soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections by reducing the prevalence and concentration of STH eggs/larvae in soil. We evaluated the effect of a randomized sanitation program (providing households with an improved dual-pit latrine, tools for child/...

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Main Authors: Laura H Kwong, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Sunny Shahriar, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Benjamin F Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Sarker Masud Parvez, Mahfuza Islam, Leanne Unicomb, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Kara Nelson, John M Colford, Stephen P Luby, Ayse Ercumen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008815