Publication: School-based helminthiases control: I. A baseline study of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.
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2002-12-01
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01251562
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The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.33 Suppl 3, (2002), 113-119
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Malinee T. Anantaphruti, Praphasri Jongsuksuntigul, Thanawat Imsomboon, Nobuhiko Nagai, Chatree Muennoo, Surapol Saguankiat, Somchit Pubampen, Somei Kojima School-based helminthiases control: I. A baseline study of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.33 Suppl 3, (2002), 113-119. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/20261
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School-based helminthiases control: I. A baseline study of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.
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A baseline study of soil-transmitted helminthiases was carried out in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand. The study sites were Wat Krou Chou Primary School and nearby villages in Sichon district, and Wat Thang Phoon Primary School and nearby villages in Chalerm Phrakiat District. Surveys of the schoolchildren's stools were conducted by the Kato-Katz technique. The results showed that 23.7% of schoolchildren in Wat Krou Chou and 24.7% of those in Wat Thang Phoon were infected with soil-transmitted helminths, with a 24.1% overall infection rate. The major infection was hookworm (22.2% and 19.6%) and the minor one was trichuriasis, (2.9% and 8.7% respectively). The intensity of infection was similar in both schools, 85.7% and 90.2% respectively for light intensity hookworm. Schoolchildren with hookworm infection were not anemic. The hemoglobin value of children with hookworm infection was not significantly different from that of uninfected children. Data regarding the health behavior of children's parents in both schools were reported.