[Influence of specific treatment of intestinal parasites and schistosomiasis on prevalence in students in Barra de Santo Antônio, AL]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2003 Sep-Oct;36(5):625-8. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822003000500015. Epub 2003 Oct 21.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

From a total of 1,020 students examined, 983 (92%) showed positive results for at least one species of parasite. Six months after treatment, a sample of 383 students (37.5%) was reevaluated and 347 (90.6%) presented positive results. There was no significant change in prevalence before and after treatment, although the number of individuals that had multiple parasitism was significantly lower in the second sample.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology*
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Male
  • Mebendazole / therapeutic use
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Prevalence
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / drug therapy
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / epidemiology*
  • Socioeconomic Factors

Substances

  • Metronidazole
  • Praziquantel
  • Mebendazole