Animal-related factors associated with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in children younger than five years in western Kenya: A matched case-control study.
Anne ConanCiara E O'ReillyEric OgolaJ Benjamin OchiengAnna J BlackstockRichard OmoreLinus OchiengFenny MokeMichele B ParsonsLihua XiaoDawn RoelligTamer H FaragJames P NataroKaren L KotloffMyron M LevineEric D MintzRobert F BreimanSarah CleavelandDarryn L KnobelPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
Public health agencies should continue to promote frequent hand washing, including after animal contact, to reduce the risk of MSD. Future studies should address specific causal relations of MSD with sheep and chicken husbandry practices, and with the presence of rodents.