[An evaluation of the efficacy of measures for preventing enterobiasis in Leningrad Province].

Assessment of the enterobiasis preventive measures in the children's institutions of Leningrad Province demonstrated that wide treatment-and-prophylactic measures didn't reduce enterobiasis. Low efficiency (0.5% of positive results) was found in the sanitary helminthological examination of utensils, which had been performed at the pediatric institutions. The authors found it inexpedient to make planned mass screening of children attending or just entering the preschool institutions. A set of sanitary-and-hygienic and sanitary education measures producing a sustained and reliable effect in enterobiasis control without therapy is proposed to be used.