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. 2011 Oct;23(5):490-4.

[Prevention and treatment of ascariasis in demonstration plots of integrated control from 2006 to 2009]

[Article in Chinese]
Zhu Ting-Jun  1 , Chen Ying-Dan, Xu Long-Qi
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  • PMID: 22263492

[Prevention and treatment of ascariasis in demonstration plots of integrated control from 2006 to 2009]

[Article in Chinese]
Zhu Ting-Jun et al. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To understand the situation of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in the demonstration plots and evaluate the effect of integrated intervention measures.

Methods: The integrated intervention measures included health education, mass chemotherapy, safe water and sanitary toilets. The changes of infection rates of Ascaris lumbricoides in residents were observed before and after the intervention.

Results: With the 3-year's intervention, the Ascaris lumbricoides infection rates decreased from 17.81% to 2.52%, the rate of mass chemotherapy was 81.65%, which covered more than 6.2 million person-time, the awareness rates of parasitic disease control knowledge among the residents raised from 45.11% to 95.99%, and 84.09% of local people were supplied with safe water and 50.30% of families had sanitary toilets.

Conclusion: The Ascaris lumbricoides infection rate decreases dramatically through the 3-year's intervention.

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