Value of etrenol in the periodic treatment of bilharziasis in Iraq

ABSTRACT

Sequential treatment was given to 285 school children at a dose of 3.0 mg/kg body weight. Re-examination was carried out at three months post-treatment and those still positive were scheduled for re-treatment. The cumulative cure rate 15 months after the first treatment was 95%. The average number of injections per cure was two. Prevalence in school children was reduced from 14.6% to 3.9% in the presence of an active transmission rate of 12%, based on children originally negative but converted to positive during the year