Mass treatment is used in following diseases except:
Correct Answer: Polio
Description: MASS TREATMENT - All people in community are administered with drugs whether they have the disease or not. - The mass treatment is used in control Yaws, Pinta, Bejel, Trachoma & Filariasis. - The existence of at least 4-5 cases of latent infection for each clinical case of active disease in the community is rationale for it. - Patients with a latent (incubating) infection may develop disease at any time. In such cases, mass treatment is a critical factor in the interruption of disease transmission.
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