Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control

被引：41

作者：

Kabatereine, NB

Tukahebwa, EM

Kazibwe, F

Twa-Twa, JM

Barenzi, JFZ

Zaramba, S

Stothard, JR

Fenwick, A

Brooker, S

机构：

[1] Minist Hlth, Vector Control Div, Kampala, Uganda

[2] Minist Hlth, Sch Hlth Programme, Kampala, Uganda

[3] Minist Hlth, UNICEF, Child Days, Kampala, Uganda

[4] Minist Hlth, UNICEF, Hlth Serv C&C, Kampala, Uganda

[5] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Zool, London SW7 5BD, England

[6] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Fac Med, Dept Infect Dis Epidemiol, London W2 1PG, England

[7] Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Infect & Trop Dis, London WC1E 7HT, England

来源：

TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH | 2005年 / 10卷 / 11期

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

soil-transmitted helminths; Ascaris lumbricoides; Trichuris trichiura; hookworm; epidemiology; control; intervention costs; Uganda;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

A countrywide description of the distribution of soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda is reported, based on data for 20 185 schoolchildren from 271 schools. The overall prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm was 6.3%, 5.0% and 43.5%, respectively. The prevalence of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura was unevenly distributed in the country with prevalence greatest in south-western Uganda whereas hookworm was generally more homogeneously distributed. Based on preliminary cost analysis of an ongoing school-based control programme, the financial delivery cost per schoolchild treated with albendazole is estimated to be between US$ 0.04 and 0.08 in different districts.

引用

页码：1187 / 1189

页数：3

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