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Parasitic disease control in a residential facility for the mentally retarded.

Author(s) -

StephenB. Thacker,

Susan Simpson,

Tasheka Gordon,

Martin S. Wolfe,

A M Kimball

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.69.12.1279

Subject(s) - mentally retarded , environmental health , asymptomatic , parasitic disease , disease control , medicine , disease , surgery , psychology , developmental psychology

Asymptomatic infection with either Entameba histolytica or Giardia lamblia was found in 61 per cent of the residents of a dormitory in an institution for the mentally retarded; two other dormitories had rates of 20 per cent and 22 per cent. Drug therapy was successfully undertaken in all three dormitories, and environmental improvements were introduced in the heavily infected dormitory. A one-year follow-up showed a reduction in parasitic disease in two dormitories but, in the most heavily infected dormitory, infection had returned to pretreatment levels.

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