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dc.contributor.author | Gunawardena, N.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Amarasekera, N.D.D.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | de Silva, N.R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-16T03:39:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-16T03:39:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The Ceylon Medical Journal. 2007; 52(Supplement 1):17 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-0875 (Print) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/9577 | |
dc.description | Oral Presentation Abstract (OP24), 120th Annual Scientific Sessions, Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007 Colombo, Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: Under the national lymphatic filariasis elimination programme, five rounds of mass drug administration with diethylcarbarnazine citrate and albendazole were completed in July 2006. Albendazole is also highly effective against soil-transmitted helminths'^ STH). OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of repeated annual mass chemotherapy with albendazole on STH infections in a co-endemic area. DESIGN, SETTING AND METHODS: Seventeen schools from among the State schools in the Western Province were selected because they were included in a national survey of the health of school children in Grade 5 in 2003. Fecal samples were obtained from one randomly selected class of Grade 5 students in each school in October 2006, and examined using the modified Kato-Katz technique. The prevalence and intensity of ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm infections in 2003 and 2006 were compared. RESULTS: Fecal samples from 448 children were examined in 2006, compared with 255 in 2003. Prevalence of ascariasis had declined marginally (18/448, 4.0% in 2006 vs 12/255, 4.7% in 2003), as had hookworm infection (1/448, 0.2%, vs 1/255, 0.4%), whereas the prevalence of trichuriasis had increased (62/448, 13.8% vs 24/255, 9.4%). Mean egg counts for all three infections were marginally higher in 2006 than in 2003. However, all these differences were not statistically significant. Reported compliance with MDA 2006 was 58.6%. Conclusions: The prevalence and intensity of STH infections among schoolchildren in the Western Province have not improved much despite annual mass drug administration with albendazole. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sri Lanka Medical Association | en_US |
dc.subject | Mass chemotherapy | en_US |
dc.title | Impact of repeated mass chemotherapy for filariasis control on soil-transmitted helminth infections in Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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