Comparing Diseases: Agents, Transmission and Prevention

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Agents, Exposures and Prevention

Documentary comparison of 3 diseases; no estimate of individual risk
Benchmark	Ascariasis	Trichuriasis	Echinococcosis
Agent	Ascaris lumbricoides	Trichuris trichiura	Echinococcus spp.
Family	Parasite	Parasite	Parasite
Paths and contexts	Environment Water and food	Environment Water and food	Animal / zoonosis Water and food Environment
What distinguishes disease	Intestinal Helminthiasis acquired by ingestion of eggs in soil or on contaminated foods.	Intestinal Helminthiase transmitted by ingestion of eggs from fecal contaminated soil.	Parasitic zoonose acquired by ingestion of eggs from the environment or contaminated animal hosts.
Prevention	Sanitation, hand and plant washing, and collective preventive treatment in the affected areas.	Access to sanitation, hand hygiene and de-waisting programmes in heavily affected areas.	Dog vermifugation, slaughterhouse hygiene, hand washing and safety of water and food.
Deepening	Form → WHO — reference	Form → WHO — reference	Form → WHO — reference
Diagnosis and monitoring	Searching for eggs in stools is a usual examination. If a worm is observed, ask the professional how to document or transmit it without unnecessary manipulation.	Microscopic research of eggs in stool confirms infection; concentration techniques can help when eggs are few.	Ultrasonography plays a major role, supplemented if necessary by scanner or MRI. Serology can help; the stage of lesions guides the therapeutic choice.
Preparing for an exchange with a professional	Residence, floor and water exhibitors Transit and pain	Duration of diarrhoea and growth Place of life and sanitation	Full imaging and old exams Place of residence and animal contacts

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The selected records cover 1 agent family/families. They share the following routes or contexts in our catalogue: Environment · Water and food. These associations describe the selected data; they do not measure contagiousness, severity or personal risk.

To review a comparison, choose one row and open the reference for each column. A preventive measure mentioned in one record and absent from another is not necessarily unnecessary in the second situation: the summaries and their scope may differ.

If symptoms occurThe table does not select any test or treatment. A fever after a stay in the malaria area should be reported promptly, even if prevention has been taken.

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