title: [Study on a focus of ascaridiasis in a locality of Cap Bon (Tunisia)].
abstract: The study of ascaridiasis in a single locality of the Cap Bon region (Tunisia) where prevalence of this helminthiasis is much higher than anywhere else in the region, shows that 71,1% of the population is infected and all ages approximately in the same proportion. This high prevalence can be explained by a cumulative effect of two transmission factors: a particular construction of houses, which have a kind of reservoir for organic wastes in direct connection with the street, and the use of human excrements in agriculture. Mass chemotherapy every 3 months during several consecutive years is proposed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001198:Ascaridiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D012737:Sex Factors; D014416:Tunisia
vernacular_title: Etude d'un foyer d'ascaridiase dans une localité du Cap Bon (Tunisie)