title: Re-infection estimation of soil-transmitted helminths among slum school children in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
abstract: Prevalence and intensity study of soil-transmitted helminths was carried out in a primary municipal corporation school in Relliveedhi, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. All subjects (n = 217) belonged to low socio-economic status with an age distribution of 7-13 years. Reinfection study was estimated over a nine month period following treatment with albendazole administered at a single oral dose of 400 mg/child. Parasites identified were Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm. Post-treatment prevalence reached pre-intervention level but the intensity of infection remained appreciably low (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gnanamani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012008:Recurrence; D012574:Schools; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil