Intestinal helminth infection in an ethnic minority commune in southern Vietnam.

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dc.contributor.authorLe Hung, Qen_US
dc.contributor.authorde Vries, Peter Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorGiao, Phan Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorBinh, Tran Qen_US
dc.contributor.authorNam, Nguyen Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorKager, Piet Aen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T14:45:35Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T14:45:35Z
dc.date.issued2005-05-30en_US
dc.descriptionThe Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.en_US
dc.description.abstractA program to control intestinal helminth infections, based on stool surveys, mass treatment of children below 17 years, improvement of sanitation and health education was performed between 1997 and 1999 in Phan Tien, an ethnic minority community in mountainous southern Vietnam. Before intervention, 28.6% of children excreted eggs of at least one parasite, hookworm being the most common (23%), followed by Trichuris trichiura (1.9%), Hymenolepis nana (1.9%), Enterobius vermicularis (0.9%), Ascaris lumbricoides (0.5%), and multiple kinds of helminthes (0.5%). Strongyloides stercoralis was never detected. Poor sanitation and personal hygiene, and walking barefoot were considered the main risk factors for intestinal helminth infections. The success of 400 mg albendazole single dose mass treatment was initially frustrated by the poor quality of the drug formulation used, only containing half of the indicated amount of albendazole. Using another formulation quickly reduced the hookworm infection rate. Praziquantel was used to treat H. nana infections. After three years of intervention, intestinal helminth infections were reduced to 3.3% (p<0.0001). We conclude that interventions combining health education, improvement of sanitation and mass treatment effectively control intestinal helminth infections, but the quality of the drugs used is an important factor.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDivision of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. lequochung@saigonnet.vnen_US
dc.identifier.citationLe Hung Q, de Vries PJ, Giao PT, Binh TQ, Nam NV, Kager PA. Intestinal helminth infection in an ethnic minority commune in southern Vietnam. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2005 May; 36(3): 623-8en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/31006
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2005_36_3/14-3454.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAlbendazole --therapeutic useen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshAnthelmintics --therapeutic useen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshCommunicable Disease Controlen_US
dc.subject.meshFeces --parasitologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Educationen_US
dc.subject.meshHelminthiasis --drug therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshHelminths --classificationen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIntestinal Diseases, Parasitic --drug therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshMinority Groups --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshPraziquantel --therapeutic useen_US
dc.subject.meshRural Health --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshSanitationen_US
dc.subject.meshVietnam --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleIntestinal helminth infection in an ethnic minority commune in southern Vietnam.en_US
dc.typeEvaluation Studiesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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