The impact of mass drug administration on Schistosoma haematobium infection: what is required to achieve morbidity control and elimination?

Autor: Klodeta Kura, Robert J. Hardwick, James E. Truscott, Jaspreet Toor, T. Deirdre Hollingsworth, Roy M. Anderson

Publikováno v: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)

Abstract Background Schistosomiasis remains an endemic parasitic disease causing much morbidity and, in some cases, mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) has outlined strategies and goals to combat the burden of disease caused by schistosomi

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The soil-transmitted helminths in Sri Lanka: a review of the recent literature

Autor: NR de Silva

Publikováno v: Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 60-68 (2018)

The major soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and Necator americanus have been recognized as endemic in Sri Lanka for over a century. Although prevalence rates have declined drastically over

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Controlling schistosomiasis with praziquantel: How much longer without a viable alternative?

Autor: Robert Bergquist, Jürg Utzinger, Jennifer Keiser

Publikováno v: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)

Abstract The current approach of morbidity control of schistosomiasis, a helminth disease of poverty with considerable public health and socioeconomic impact, is based on preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel. There is a pressing need for new dru

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Impact of Key Assumptions About the Population Biology of Soil-Transmitted Helminths on the Sustainable Control of Morbidity

Autor: Roy M. Anderson, Veronica Malizia, Carolin Vegvari, Sake J. de Vlas, Luc E. Coffeng, Federica Giardina

Publikováno v: Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72, S188-S194. Oxford University Press

The design and evaluation of control programs for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is based on surveillance data recording measurements of egg counts in the stool of infected individuals, which underpin estimates of the prevalence and average intens

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https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab195

Effectiveness of the new integrated strategy to control the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Autor: Qian Chunyan, Zhang Yuefeng, Zhang Xinyan, Yuan Chao, Gao Zhichao, Yuan Hong, Zhong Jiang

Publikováno v: Parasite, Vol 25, p 54 (2018)

Since 2004, the national schistosomiasis control strategy in China has shifted from the morbidity control strategy (conventional strategy) to an integrated strategy (new strategy). We investigated the effectiveness of the new strategy and compared it

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