Patterns of Antischistosomal Drug Usage in Qalyubia Governorate of the Nile Delta

D. F. McNeeley Qalyub Bilharziasis Project, Center for Field and Applied Research, Ministry of Health, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, Egypt

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M. A. Habib Qalyub Bilharziasis Project, Center for Field and Applied Research, Ministry of Health, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, Egypt

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M. A. el Alamy Qalyub Bilharziasis Project, Center for Field and Applied Research, Ministry of Health, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, Egypt

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B. L. Cline Qalyub Bilharziasis Project, Center for Field and Applied Research, Ministry of Health, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, Egypt

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1982.31.771
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Volume 31: Issue 4
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771–774
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To further investigate factors responsible for the recently documented changes in schistosomiasis patterns in the Nile Delta, questionnaire-derived information on antischistosomal drug usage was obtained from a 25% systematic sample of 609 residents of a stable village in the south-central Delta. Ten percent of the population had received antischistosomal drugs during the previous 4 years. Most of the drugs administered were injectable compounds, and 92% of individuals receiving them failed to complete the treatment regimen. Additional sources of information from a village physician, a pharmacist and a major pharmaceutical corporation confirmed and expanded the survey findings, indicating that antischistosomal drug usage cannot explain the recently observed changing patterns of human schistosome infections in the Nile Delta region.

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Accepted:
16 Dec 1981
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Published Online:
Jul 1982
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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