Effective control of hookworm infection in school children from Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman: a four-year experience with albendazole mass chemotherapy.
Acta Trop
; 80(2): 139-43, 2001 Oct 22.
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| ID: mdl-11600092
After 4 years of mass chemotherapy with a single annual dose of albendazole 400 mg, health education and promotion of environmental health, the prevalence of Necator americanus in Wilayat Tagah, Dhofar, Oman was reduced from 40 to 1.3% and from 6 to 0%, respectively, among rural and urban school children. Stool samples with egg load >1000 egg/gm were reduced from 28 to 0% after the first year of intervention and maintained as such in subsequent years.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Albendazol
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Necator americanus
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Necatoriasis
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Antinematodos
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Animals
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Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Trop
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Omán
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos