Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal protozoan and helminthic infections among certified food handlers in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu county in Kenya

Abstract

Intestinal protozoan and helminthic infections remain a major public health issue in the poorest regions of the world.1‒3 Such regions are usually characterised by poor levels of education, hygiene and sanitation practices, and a high disease burden1,2,4 including intestinal parasitic infections. Food and water remains a major source of most intestinal parasites with food handlers being the reservoirs and transmission agents.5,6