Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control
| dc.contributor.author | Kabatereine, Narcis B; Kazibwe, Francis; Tukahebwa, E. M.; Twa-Twa, J. M.; Barenzi, J. F. Z.; Zaramba, S.; Stothard, J. R.; Fenwick, A.; Brooker, S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-13T08:01:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-13T08:01:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-11 | |
| dc.description | A countrywide description of the distribution of soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda is reported, based on data for 20 185 schoolchildren from 271 schools. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A countrywide description of the distribution of soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda is reported, based on data for 20 185 schoolchildren from 271 schools. The overall prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm was 6.3%, 5.0% and 43.5%, respectively. The prevalence of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura was unevenly distributed in the country with prevalence greatest in south-western Uganda whereas hookworm was generally more homogeneously distributed. Based on preliminary cost analysis of an ongoing school-based control programme, the financial delivery cost per schoolchild treated with albendazole is estimated to be between US$ 0.04 and 0.08 in different districts. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, World Health Organization,World Food Programme, and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kabatereine NB (2005) Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control,Tropical Medicine and International Health,doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.bsu.ac.ug//handle/20.500.12284/339 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Tropical Medicine and International Health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ascaris lumbricoides | en_US |
| dc.subject | Trichuris trichiura | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hookworm | en_US |
| dc.subject | Epidemiology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Control | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intervention costs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.subject | Soil-transmitted helminths | en_US |
| dc.title | Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |