The authors used Albendazole in a single dose of 400 mg in 40 students from Africa and Asia, infected with Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichocephalrus trichiurus and Ancylostomatidae. At the third day after the treatment no parasite eggs have been found in 25 of 30 cases of ancylostomatidosis (83.3%), 16 of 23 cases of trichocephalosis (69.6%) and in all treated cases of ascaridosis (100%). It has been also found that the tolerance for the medicine is good in most patients. Only in two patients (2%) there appeared short time and not very strong pains in the upper part of the abdomen and headaches. An important property of Albendazole is its ability to destroy nematode eggs which is essential for the prophylaxis and nature conservation.
It was proved that the soil of recreational areas can be potential source of human geohelminthiosis. The eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichocephalus trichiurus as well as of Toxocara canis were found on the beaches of Poznań lakes.
Food contamination, especially related to animals, with infectious pathogens and toxins is one of the most serious health problems. This phenomenon is intensified in third world countries, but the constant movement of people from this region to highly industrialized countries shifts the local problem to the global scale. The development of international trade and tourism also contributes to it.
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