Control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Myanmar: results of 7 years of deworming - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2013 Aug;18(8):1017-20.

doi: 10.1111/tmi.12130. Epub 2013 May 24.

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Control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Myanmar: results of 7 years of deworming

Aung Tun et al. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Aug.

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Abstract

After a baseline survey in 2003 which showed an overall parasitological prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths of 69.7% in school children (prevalence of ascariasis 48.5%, prevalence of trichuriasis 57.5% and prevalence of hookworm infection 6.5), a national deworming programme was established. After 7 years of implementation, it had resulted in a significant reduction of STH prevalence (prevalence of any STH 21%, prevalence of ascariasis 5.8%, prevalence of trichuriasis 18.6% and prevalence of hookworm infection 0.3%) as well as a reduction of the infections of moderate-heavy intensity from 18.5% at baseline to less than 7%. The results are encouraging and a reduction of the frequency of deworming can be envisaged in two of four ecological areas of Myanmar.

Keywords: Myanmar; intestinal helminthiasis.

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