Prevention

There several prevention or steps to avoids the Trichuris sp. infection:

• Household contacts are at low risk because of life-cycle requirements.

• If fecal contamination of soil is possible (eg, children defecating in the back yard, human waste used as fertilizer), consider the possibility of household transmission.

• Contacts may be screened for asymptomatic carrier state.

• Improved sanitation is the best way to eradicate T trichiura infection.

• Careful washing of vegetables and fruits grown in contaminated areas is also important.

Refrences                                                                                                                                        

1. Medical parasitology, Rajesh Bhatia, Jaypee Publisher, Edition 3- Trichuriasis