Child defecation and feces management practices in rural Bangladesh: Associations with fecal contamination, observed hand cleanliness and child diarrhea.

Child defecation and feces management practices in rural Bangladesh: Associations with fecal contamination, observed hand cleanliness and child diarrhea.

Child open defecation is common in low-income countries and can lead to fecal exposure in the domestic environment. We assessed associations between child feces management practices vs. measures of contamination and child diarrhea among households with children <5 years in rural Bangladesh. We vi...

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Main Authors: Mahfuza Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi, Mostafizur Rahman, Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Amy J Pickering, Alan E Hubbard, Stephen P Luby, Benjamin F Arnold, John M Colford, Ayse Ercumen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236163

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