A 7-year-old child in a WHO-supported deworming programme in Kenya is given a single dose of albendazole 400 mg. Against which group of helminths is t...

Question

A 7-year-old child in a WHO-supported deworming programme in Kenya is given a single dose of albendazole 400 mg. Against which group of helminths is this mass drug administration primarily targeted?

Accepted Answer

Soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris, hookworm, Trichuris)

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Schistosomes (trematodes)

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Liver flukes

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Filarial worms

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Tapeworms (cestodes)

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Soil-transmitted Helminth MDA

A 7-year-old child in a WHO-supported deworming programme in Kenya is given a single dose of albendazole 400 mg. Against which group of helminths is this mass drug administration primarily targeted?