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The control of hookworm infection in China

BACKGROUND: Hookworm is still one of the three main soil-transmitted helminths prevalent in China, and 39 million cases infected with hookworm were estimated in China in 2006. RESULTS: The main approach to the control of hookworm infections in China consists of large-scale deworming, rebuilding sani...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Qi, Chen, Ying, Zhang, Hao-Bing, Chen, Jia-Xu, Zhou, Xiao-Nong
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19775473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-2-44
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author Zheng, Qi
Chen, Ying
Zhang, Hao-Bing
Chen, Jia-Xu
Zhou, Xiao-Nong
author_facet Zheng, Qi
Chen, Ying
Zhang, Hao-Bing
Chen, Jia-Xu
Zhou, Xiao-Nong
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description BACKGROUND: Hookworm is still one of the three main soil-transmitted helminths prevalent in China, and 39 million cases infected with hookworm were estimated in China in 2006. RESULTS: The main approach to the control of hookworm infections in China consists of large-scale deworming, rebuilding sanitation systems in rural areas and health education. The availability of low-cost, safe and single-dose albendazole make large-scale deworming programs possible in China. Currently, sanitary latrines with three-cells are recommended by government for the control of soil-transmitted helminths, since 35% of helminth infections and 83% of worm eggs could be reduced after using this kind of sanitary latrine. In addition, economic prosperity contributes greatly to the reduction of hookworm prevalence, but the inequity of economic and social development among different regions of China provides a scenario that the worst threat of hookworm infection is located in the poorest areas of southern and central China. Therefore, it is necessary to put more investments into prophylaxis and treatment of hookworm in these poor regions. CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of hookworm infection has fallen significantly in the last 15 years in China, the current strategy for controlling hookworm infections still needs to be strengthened along with the three-pronged approach, e.g. distributing anthelmintic drugs in schools and undertaking large-scale of hookworm deworming, improving water supplies and sanitation, and proper health education.
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spelling pubmed-27605152009-10-13 The control of hookworm infection in China Zheng, Qi Chen, Ying Zhang, Hao-Bing Chen, Jia-Xu Zhou, Xiao-Nong Parasit Vectors Review BACKGROUND: Hookworm is still one of the three main soil-transmitted helminths prevalent in China, and 39 million cases infected with hookworm were estimated in China in 2006. RESULTS: The main approach to the control of hookworm infections in China consists of large-scale deworming, rebuilding sanitation systems in rural areas and health education. The availability of low-cost, safe and single-dose albendazole make large-scale deworming programs possible in China. Currently, sanitary latrines with three-cells are recommended by government for the control of soil-transmitted helminths, since 35% of helminth infections and 83% of worm eggs could be reduced after using this kind of sanitary latrine. In addition, economic prosperity contributes greatly to the reduction of hookworm prevalence, but the inequity of economic and social development among different regions of China provides a scenario that the worst threat of hookworm infection is located in the poorest areas of southern and central China. Therefore, it is necessary to put more investments into prophylaxis and treatment of hookworm in these poor regions. CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of hookworm infection has fallen significantly in the last 15 years in China, the current strategy for controlling hookworm infections still needs to be strengthened along with the three-pronged approach, e.g. distributing anthelmintic drugs in schools and undertaking large-scale of hookworm deworming, improving water supplies and sanitation, and proper health education. BioMed Central 2009-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2760515/ /pubmed/19775473 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-2-44 Text en Copyright © 2009 Zheng et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Zhang, Hao-Bing
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Zhou, Xiao-Nong
The control of hookworm infection in China
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