Intestinal ascariasis in medical students and comparative evaluation of treatments

A study of the prevalence of ascariasis in the hostel students of the Institute of Medicine 2, Rangoon was undertaken. Stool from 407 students (267 males and 140 females) were examined using hypersaturated saline concentration method, The prevalence was 47.19 per cent in male students and 52.14 per cent in the female students, the mean being 48.89 per cent + and - 0.05. The efficacies of piperazine citrate as a single dose of 4 g, as a daily dose of 4 g on two consecutive days and laevo-tetramisole 120 mg as a single dose were compared. Statistical analysis showed that, the efficacy of the three methods of treatments may be the same.