| intestinal helminths and schistosomiasis among school children in a rural district in kenya. | to determine the extent of intestinal schistosomiasis, ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm infections among school children of usigu and bondo divisions of bondo district. | 2001 | 12002101 |
| effects on haemoglobin of multi-micronutrient supplementation and multi-helminth chemotherapy: a randomized, controlled trial in kenyan school children. | to assess the effects of multi-micronutrient supplementation and multi-helminth chemotherapy on haemoglobin concentration (hb), using schools as a health delivery system. study area and population: nine hundred seventy-seven children between 9 and 18 y of age from 19 primary schools in bondo district, western kenya, were included in the trial. the 746 (76.4%) children on whom baseline hb was available were included in this study. | 2003 | 12700619 |
| the risk of pathogenic intestinal parasite infections in kisii municipality, kenya. | intestinal parasitic infections are among the most common infections worldwide. various epidemiological studies indicate that the prevalence of intestinal parasites is high especially in developing countries, although in many of these, the environmental risk factors have not been clearly elucidated. the objective of this study was to determine the risk of pathogenic intestinal parasites infections in kisii municipality. | 2008 | 18620608 |
| helminth prevalence among adults in rural kenya: a stool survey for soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis in nyanza province. | soil-transmitted helminth (sth) prevalence in children is high in rural southwestern kenya, but adult prevalence data are scarce. a 2010 study of a village in nyanza province found a pediatric sth prevalence of 44% using a direct stool-smear method. adult sth prevalence and associated predictors was measured in the same village. | 2014 | 25359321 |
| the impact of a school-based hygiene, water quality and sanitation intervention on soil-transmitted helminth reinfection: a cluster-randomized trial. | we conducted a cluster-randomized trial to assess the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene, and sanitation program on reducing infection with soil-transmitted helminths (sths) after school-based deworming. we assessed infection with sths at baseline and then at two follow-up rounds 8 and 10 months after deworming. forty government primary schools in nyanza province, kenya were randomly selected and assigned to intervention or control arms. the intervention reduced reinfection preval ... | 2013 | 24019429 |
| a study of risk factors for intestinal helminth infections using epidemiological and anthropological approaches. | this study. conducted in kisumu district, kenya, identified important risk factors for infection with intestinal helminths using traditional epidemiological methods. this was combined with a rapid assessment study using qualitative methods, which focused on sanitation practices and local illness perceptions. the multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the absence of latrines was a significant predictor for hookworm infection with an odds ratio (or) of 1.9. the analysis also revealed ... | 2001 | 11683225 |
| the proportion of helminth infections in a community in western kenya which would be treated by mass chemotherapy of schoolchildren. | the present study used data from a community-based epidemiological survey of 752 persons in 3 villages in kisumu district, western kenya, to examine the proportion of infected persons who would be treated, as well as the effect on helminth egg production, if anthelmintics were provided to schoolchildren. overall prevalences of hookworm, ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura and schistosoma mansoni infections were 63%, 16%, 24% and 24% respectively, and intensities were low for all infections ... | 1998 | 9764316 |