Effective control of hookworm infection in school children from Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman: A four-year experience with albendazole mass chemotherapy

M. A. Idris; M. A.A. Shaban; M. Fatahallah

doi:10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00168-1

Effective control of hookworm infection in school children from Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman: A four-year experience with albendazole mass chemotherapy

M. A. Idris^*, M. A.A. Shaban, M. Fatahallah

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Abstract

After 4 years of mass chemotherapy with a single annual dose of albendazole 400 mg, health education and promotion of environmental health, the prevalence of Necator americanus in Wilayat Tagah, Dhofar, Oman was reduced from 40 to 1.3% and from 6 to 0%, respectively, among rural and urban school children. Stool samples with egg load >1000 egg/gm were reduced from 28 to 0% after the first year of intervention and maintained as such in subsequent years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-143
Number of pages	5
Journal	Acta Tropica
Volume	80
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00168-1
Publication status	Published - Oct 22 2001

Keywords

Albendazole 400 mg
Dhofar
Hookworms
Mass chemotherapy
Necator americanus
Oman
School children

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Parasitology
veterinary (miscalleneous)
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

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