ON Cleanliness of Hands in Diminution of Ascaris lumbricoides Infection in Children
- VernacularTitle:儿童手部清洁卫生与蛔虫感染的关系
- Author:
Longqi XU
;
Donghua XIAO
;
Changhai ZHOU
;
Xueqiang ZHANG
;
Shuigen LAN
;
Xiuxiang ZHEN
;
Wenling ZHANG
;
Jieping FU
;
Bo YE
;
Hui DANG
;
Xianzu ZHU
;
Shilan HUANG
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Ascaris lumbricoides , new infection rate, reinfection rate, hand washing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases
1997;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the relationship between cleanliness of children′s hands and diminution of Ascaris lumbricoides infection. Methods Before the study all persons positive for ascaris eggs in the preliminary survey were treated with albendazole. Hand washing habit before meal and after defecation was kept in children of experimental group, but not in the control group. Kato thick smear stool examination was done once every two months for one year to compare the new infection rates in children without ascaris infection in the two groups, and the reinfection rates in the cured negative cases were also compared between them in half a month after chemotherapy. Results All the new infection rates as well as reinfection rates of each reexamination in the experimental group were significantly lower than that of the control group ( P
