Schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis, and malaria co-infections among women of reproductive age in rural communities of Kwale County, coastal Kenya

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ID15375735
AuthorsVictor Tunje Jeza (0000-0002-4437-1343, Technical University of Mombasa, corresponding author), Francis Mutuku (0000-0002-9000-7008, Technical University of Mombasa), Lydia Kaduka (0000-0001-8746-0533, Kenya Medical Research Institute), Charles Mwandawiro (0000-0001-8175-3749, Kenya Medical Research Institute), Janet Masaku (0000-0001-6757-0989, Kenya Medical Research Institute), Collins Okoyo (0000-0002-2647-1359, Kenya Medical Research Institute), Henry Kanyi (0000-0003-2509-8692, Kenya Medical Research Institute), Joyce Kamau (Kenya Medical Research Institute), Zipporah Ng’ang’a (South Eastern Kenya University), Jimmy Kihara (Kenya Medical Research Institute), Jimmy Hussein Kihara
Year2022
Volume22
Issue1
Pages136-136
Publication date2022-01-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-022-12526-0
PMID35045848
OpenAlexW4206440303
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited54

The use of improved WASH activities might have contributed to the low prevalence of STHs and S. haematobium infections. Further, bed net ownership and usage might have resulted in the low prevalence of Plasmodium sp. infections observed

Ascaris lumbricoides · Biology · Deworming · Environmental health · Helminthiasis · Helminths · Malaria · Population · Pregnancy · Public health · Schistosoma haematobium · Schistosomiasis · Trichuris trichiura · Veterinary medicine · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Parasites and Host Interactions · Immunology

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