Predictors for the risk of hookworm infection: experience from endemic villages in southern Thailand.

To assess the role of defaecation pattern in predicting the level of risk for hookworm infection in southern Thailand, 4 villages in different geographical settings in endemic areas were studied. Close observation and stool examinations for hookworm were carried out. The first village was used for exploring the risk factors for hookworm infection.

Evaluation of hookworm control program in southern Thailand.

An intensive hookworm control program providing the rural population of southern Thailand with mass treatment with 300 mg Mebendazole and health education commenced in 1989 with a yearly budget of over US$ 1.2 million. The current research aimed to evaluate the coverage of health education and mass treatment, the effectiveness of mass treatment and the administrative process of the control program, two years after its commencement.