A 6-year-old child in a school-based deworming programme in northern Uganda is treated for soil-transmitted helminths. Stool microscopy before treatme...

Question

A 6-year-old child in a school-based deworming programme in northern Uganda is treated for soil-transmitted helminths. Stool microscopy before treatment showed thin-shelled, oval, colourless eggs containing a developing morula (4-8 cell stage). Which helminth is this, and what is the recommended single-dose treatment?

Accepted Answer

Hookworm (Necator americanus); albendazole 400 mg

Answer

Ascaris lumbricoides; albendazole 400 mg

Answer

Trichuris trichiura; mebendazole 500 mg

Answer

Strongyloides stercoralis; ivermectin 200 µg/kg

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Enterobius vermicularis; mebendazole 100 mg

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Hookworm Infection