The population biology and control ofNecator americanusin a village community in south-eastern China
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Pathogens and Global Health
- Vol. 88 (6), 635-643
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1994.11812915
Abstract
The population dynamic parameters of Necator americanus infections were estimated from longitudinal intensity and prevalence data from a village in south-eastern China. The theoretical predictions of a deterministic model incorporating these parameters were then compared with observed, horizontal, age-prevalence data from an infected population (N=565), and an estimate of the basic reproduction rate (R0 = 3·7) of N. americanus was obtained. The findings indicate that populations of N. americanus might be easier to control by mass-treatment chemotherapy (eradication requiring only 63% of the population to be treated every year for 4 years) than those of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura.Keywords
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