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*Effective measures for the primary prevention of ancylostomiasis include: | *Effective measures for the primary prevention of ancylostomiasis include: | ||
**'''preventive chemotherapy (PC)''' | **'''preventive chemotherapy (PC)''' | ||
**[[Albendazole]] 400 mg PO single dose or [[mebendazole]] 500 mg Po [[single dose]] is recommended once a year when the [[prevalence]] of at least 20% of any STH [[infection]] among [[school-age children]] and twice a year when it exceeds 50%. | ***[[Albendazole]] 400 mg PO single dose or [[mebendazole]] 500 mg Po [[single dose]] is recommended once a year when the [[prevalence]] of at least 20% of any STH [[infection]] among [[school-age children]] and twice a year when it exceeds 50%. | ||
**Also recommend, once PC started, it should be maintained for atleast 5 years.<ref name="pmid28340144">{{cite journal| author=Marocco C, Bangert M, Joseph SA, Fitzpatrick C, Montresor A| title=Preventive chemotherapy in one year reduces by over 80% the number of individuals with soil-transmitted helminthiases causing morbidity: results from meta-analysis. | journal=Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg | year= 2017 | volume= 111 | issue= 1 | pages= 12-17 | pmid=28340144 | doi=10.1093/trstmh/trx011 | pmc=5590722 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28340144 }} </ref> | **Also recommend, once PC started, it should be maintained for atleast 5 years.<ref name="pmid28340144">{{cite journal| author=Marocco C, Bangert M, Joseph SA, Fitzpatrick C, Montresor A| title=Preventive chemotherapy in one year reduces by over 80% the number of individuals with soil-transmitted helminthiases causing morbidity: results from meta-analysis. | journal=Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg | year= 2017 | volume= 111 | issue= 1 | pages= 12-17 | pmid=28340144 | doi=10.1093/trstmh/trx011 | pmc=5590722 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28340144 }} </ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Prevention
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends controlling STH morbidity through periodic anthelminthic treatment of at-risk populations living in endemic areas. Mainly targets preschool-age children, school-age children, and women of childbearing age, because of the particular need for micronutrients in this age group.[1]
- Effective measures for the primary prevention of ancylostomiasis include:
- preventive chemotherapy (PC)
- Albendazole 400 mg PO single dose or mebendazole 500 mg Po single dose is recommended once a year when the prevalence of at least 20% of any STH infection among school-age children and twice a year when it exceeds 50%.
- Also recommend, once PC started, it should be maintained for atleast 5 years.[1]
- preventive chemotherapy (PC)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marocco C, Bangert M, Joseph SA, Fitzpatrick C, Montresor A (2017). "Preventive chemotherapy in one year reduces by over 80% the number of individuals with soil-transmitted helminthiases causing morbidity: results from meta-analysis". Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 111 (1): 12–17. doi:10.1093/trstmh/trx011. PMC 5590722. PMID 28340144.