The treatment of soil infested with the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura

Abstract

The soil fumigants methyl bromide, chioropicrin and Basamid or mixtures of Basamid and chloropicrin proved to be of no use in killing T. trichiura ova in soil. However, on untreated plots the eggs died at a rate such that only 20 % of the ova remained viable after 18 months. © 1976, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.