Pinworm Infection Review and Household-School Algorithm for the Gulf Region

A clinician-oriented narrative review synthesizing evidence on pinworm infection (enterobiasis). The review includes 27 sources published between January 2015 and December 2025 and covers epidemiology, psychosocial burden, transmission, diagnostics, and treatment strategies. It was authored by Osama Albasheer and published on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Informing clinical diagnosis protocols based on the review of perianal tape test efficacy versus stool examinations.
• Designing household and school hygiene interventions based on described transmission dynamics and hygiene bundles.
• Developing treatment guidelines for special populations, such as pregnant women, based on the review's hygiene-first and selective pharmacotherapy recommendations.
• Analyzing the association between pinworm infection and appendicitis based on the reviewed inconsistent evidence.

Strengths

• The review is structured around a SANRA-guided methodology, suggesting a formal quality assessment framework was used.
• It synthesizes a defined set of 27 sources published within a specific 10-year time frame (2015-2025).
• It provides concrete, actionable recommendations for diagnostics (three consecutive tape tests) and treatment (two-dose therapy with hygiene measures).

Limitations

• The underlying data is a PDF review article (214.9 KB), not a structured dataset; column-level documentation is absent.
• Evidence for extended treatment regimens is based mainly on pragmatic experience and expert consensus rather than randomized trials.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

SANRA-guided narrative review of published literature.

Time Range

Sources published between January 2015 and December 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 05:30:53.

Geography

Includes context-specific considerations relevant to the Gulf region.