title: The population biology and control of Necator americanus in a village community in south-eastern China.
abstract: The population dynamic parameters of Necator americanus infections were estimated from longitudinal intensity and prevalence data from a village in south-eastern China. The theoretical predictions of a deterministic model incorporating these parameters were then compared with observed, horizontal, age-prevalence data from an infected population (N = 565), and an estimate of the basic reproduction rate (R0 = 3.7) of N. americanus was obtained. The findings indicate that populations of N. americanus might be easier to control by mass-treatment chemotherapy (eradication requiring only 63% of the population to be treated every year for 4 years) than those of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: X P
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017221:Necator americanus; D009332:Necatoriasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics