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Baseline Mapping of Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis in the Northern and Eastern Health Regions of Gabon, Central Africa: Recommendations for Preventive Chemotherapy
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Autores: Mintsa Nguema, Rodrigue; Mavoungou, Jacques F.; Ngou-milama, Krystina Mengue Me; Mamfoumbi, Modeste Mabicka; Koumba, Aubin A.; Lamine, Mariama Sani; Diarra, Abdoulaye; Asseko, Ghislaine Nkone; Mourou, Jean R.; Akotet, Marielle K. Bouyou; Mone, Helene; Mouahid, Gabriel; Atsame, Julienne.
In order to follow the Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) for the transmission control as recommended by WHO, Gabon initiated in 2014 the mapping of Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH). Here, we report the results of the Northern and Eastern health regions, representing a third of the land area and 12% of its total population. All nine departments of the two regions were surveyed and from each, five schools were examined with 50 schoolchildren per school. The parasitological examinations were realized using the filtration method for urine and the Kato-Katz technique for stool samples. Overall 2245 schoolchildren (1116 girls and 1129 boys), mean aged 11.28 +/- 0.04 years, were examined. Combined schistosomiasis and STH affected 1270 (56.6%)...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Schistosomiasis; Soil-transmitted-helminthiasis; Mapping; Preventive chemotherapy; Transmission control; Gabon; Central Africa.
Ano: 2018
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00660/77212/78691.pdf