[Epidemiological control of intestinal nematodoses in a rural area of Zaïre (author's transl)].
In order to establish the rational organization of a mass campaign intended to control intestinal parasites in villages of a rural zone in Lower Zaïre, a prevalence study was made of a total population of 3,056 inhabitants. Coprologic examination allowed to determine the following mean levels of prevalence: Ascaris, Lumbricoides 57 per cent, ankylostoma 51 per cent, Stronglyoides stercoralis 14 per cent and Trichuris trichiura 11 per cent. In a prospective survey of nine months allowed to determine the optimal therapeutic coverage to be realized in the municipalities concerned using the epidemiological date as a reference.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000724:Ancylostomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012423:Rural Health; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000453:epidemiology
Contrôle épidémiologique des nématodoses intestinales dans une zone rurale au Zaïre.