[Experience with enterobiasis control measures in the preschool institutions of Lithuania].

Abstract

The efficacy of treatment and hygienic antienterobiasis measures have been studied in organized groups of preschool children in the Trakay district of Lithuania. Daily washing of all the children and treatment of the invaded children with Vermox once a year proved effective for the prevention of enterobiasis transmission.

• Authors: O K Mazhilene, M A Morkunene, V P Kandzizhauskene
• Journal: Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni (Med Parazitol (Mosk)) 1991 May-Jun Issue 3 Pg. 59-60 ISSN: 0025-8326 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Opyt protivoénterobioznykh meropriiatiĭ v doshkol'nykh uchrezhdeniiakh Litvy.
• PMID: 1770892 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Tablets
• Mebendazole

Topics

• Child
• Child Day Care Centers
• Child, Preschool
• Humans
• Infant
• Lithuania (epidemiology)
• Mebendazole (administration & dosage)
• Nurseries, Infant
• Oxyuriasis (epidemiology, prevention & control)
• Tablets