用尼日利亚中小学生麦地那龙线虫患病率作为全地区该病流行的指标

• 作 者: 祝卫东
• 出 处: 国外医学(寄生虫病分册)
• 发表日期: 1993年05期
• 关键词: 麦地那龙线虫 判定指标 流行区 人口统计资料 评价方法 流行程度 流行度 成人患者 询问调查 奥约

麦地那龙线虫病主要发生在贫穷的乡村,与饮用不洁水源有关,其流行区往往交通不便,缺少生死记录和其它人口统计资料。因此,要判断其准确的流行程度是很困难的。本文试图通过检查中小学生麦地那龙线虫患病率作为流行度判定指标,探讨这种快速评价方法的效益。

Guinea worm disease occurs predominantly in poor rural areas, associated with sources of unclean drinking water, with endemic areas often poorly accessible to traffic, lack of birth and death records and other demographic information. Therefore, it is very difficult to judge its accurate prevalence. This article attempts to examine the prevalence of dracunculiasis among primary and secondary school students as indicators of prevalence to explore the benefits of this rapid assessment method.