OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence, intensity of @entity281 and control of soil-transmitted @entity2199 in primary school pupils of urban, suburban and rural localities. SETTING: Buea Health District. DESIGN: A cross section experimental study. SUBJECTS: Three hundred and forty primary school @entity1 . INTERVENTION: Mebendazole treatment complemented with health education. RESULTS: The overall prevalence rate of soil-transmitted @entity2199 in the Buea Health District was 59.1%. The @entity281 rate was significantly different in the urban, suburban and rural localities of the health district (P<0.01), with the rural area having the highest rate of @entity281 . @entity9124 was the most predominant parasite. The intensity of @entity281 with the various helminth species was not significantly different between @entity1 of urban, suburban and rural localities. @entity7400 treatment significantly reduced the intensities of @entity281 with Ascaris and Trichuris (P<0.05). The treatment, however, was ineffective against @entity5293 . @entity281 rate with Ascaris and Trichuris was slower in @entity1 who additionally received health education than in those who received only anthelminthic treatment. CONCLUSION: @entity9124 , @entity13857 and hookworms are the predominant @entity2199 reported in @entity1 of urban, suburban and rural localities in the health district. Health education is advocated as a complement to chemotherapy in the control of soil-transmitted @entity2199 .

Soil transmitted XXXX in @entity1 in Buea Health District of Cameroon.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity5293 :: ('MESH:D006725', 'Disease') :: ['hookworm infection'] @entity2199 :: ('6239', 'Species') :: ['nematodes'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection', 'Re-infection'] @entity9124 :: ('6252', 'Species') :: ['Ascaris lumbricoides'] @entity7400 :: ('MESH:D008463', 'Chemical') :: ['Mebendazole'] @entity13857 :: ('36087', 'Species') :: ['Trichuris trichiura']
@entity2199 :: (6239,Species) :: ['nematodes']
