This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Communicable diseases, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
In Guinea worm prophylaxis, all are true, except - 
Select and explain. 
A. Acute search of new cases, B. Identification of carriers, C. Mass treatment with Mebendazole, D. Health education to people to use a sieve for stratining drinking water
C: Mass treatment with Mebendazole
Answer: C: Mass treatment with Mebendazole 
Explanation: for the prevention of drancunculiasis, steps taken are; - active search of cases - health education relating boiling and sieving drinking water. - prevention of water contamination by carriers. - provision of safe drinking water. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:476, 246 <\p>