Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control

Narcis B. Kabatereine; Edridah M. Tukahebwa; Francis Kazibwe; Jeremiah M. Twa-Twa; John F.Z. Barenzi; Sam Zaramba; Russell Stothard; Alan Fenwick; Simon Brooker

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x

Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control

Narcis B. Kabatereine
, Edridah M. Tukahebwa
, Francis Kazibwe
, Jeremiah M. Twa-Twa
, John F.Z. Barenzi
, Sam Zaramba
, Russell Stothard
, Alan Fenwick
, Simon Brooker

Uganda Ministry of Health
The Natural History Museum, London
Imperial College London
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1187-1189
Number of pages	3
Journal	Tropical Medicine & International Health
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides
Control
Epidemiology
Hookworm
Intervention costs
Soil-transmitted helminths
Trichuris trichiura
Uganda

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Kabatereine, N. B., Tukahebwa, E. M., Kazibwe, F., Twa-Twa, J. M., Barenzi, J. F. Z., Zaramba, S., Stothard, R., Fenwick, A., & Brooker, S. (2005). Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 10(11), 1187-1189. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x

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Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control. / Kabatereine, Narcis B.; Tukahebwa, Edridah M.; Kazibwe, Francis et al.
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