traial of phenylen di-isothiocyanate (joint) in the mass – treatmet of intestnal helminthiasis

the effect of phenylen di-isothiocyanate (jonit) in the mass treatment of various intestinal helminthiases was evaluated among the inhabitants of a village in dezful, southwest iran. stool samples collected and examined from 17 persons showed infection rates of 80% for ancylostoma duodenale, 57.3% for ascaris, 46.7% for trichostronylus spp. and 22.8% for h. nana.seventy- one persons (41 children and 30 adults), 92.9% of whom were infected with ancylostoma, 63.3% with ascaris, 61.9% with trichostrongylus spp. and 28.1% with h. nana, were treated with doses of 100 to 300 mg of the drug according to their age. a stool examination of these patiennts undertaken 30 days after treatment showed cure rates of 50 % for h. nana, 39.3% for ancylostoma, 38.6% for trichostrongylus spp, and 6.6% for ascaris. the side effects observed, in order of severity, were nausea,