An outbreak of Trichuris trichiura in a mental handicap hospital.
An outbreak of Trichuris trichiura in a ward for the severely mentally handicapped affected 22 of 29 patients. There was concurrent carriage of non-pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica in 59% of these patients. Heavy contamination of soil was found in the patients' recreation area. The management of the outbreak is discussed.
Allen
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KD
Department of Microbiology, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Green
H T
HT
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D004739:England; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006113:United Kingdom