title: [Experience in eradicating enterobiasis in children in the preschool institutions of the Lithuanian SSR].
abstract: The efficacy of hygienic measures and drug therapy of patients with enterobiasis has been compared in different organized groups of children in various regions of Lithuania. Nondrug measures and drug therapy were of similar efficacy. Vermox administration twice a year decreased the incidence of enterobiasis in children 1.9-fold, while nondrug measures decreased it 1.5-6.1-fold.
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Mazhilene
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008097:Lithuania / Q000453:epidemiology; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D008463:Mebendazole
vernacular_title: Opyt ozdorovleniia ot énterobioza deteĭ v doshkol'nykh uchrezhdeniiakh Litovskoĭ SSR.