Progress in the National Schistosomiasis Control Programme of Iran

Overview

Journal Bull World Health Organ

Specialty Public Health

Date 1982 Jan 1

PMID 6982780

Citations 7

Authors

J Massoud

F ARFAA

I Farahmandian

A Ardalan

A Mansoorian

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Abstract

A combination of chemotherapy and mollusciciding has been used in Khuzestan, south-west Iran, since 1966, to try to control urinary schistosomiasis. The total amount of molluscicide used each year varied between 702 and 3505 kg and between 287 and 1320 infected persons were detected and treated annually. The prevalence of infection has gradually declined from 8.3% in 1970 to 0.7% in 1979. Similarly, the incidence of infection among schoolchildren decreased from 3.5% in 1970 to 0.7% in 1979. The proportion of Bulinus-infested habitats also decreased from 10% in 1971 to 2.4% in 1979.

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