Prevention and control of schistosomiasis: a current perspective

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that ranks second only to malaria in terms of human suffering in the tropics and subtropics. Five species are known to infect man and there are currently over 240 million people infected worldwide. The cornerstone of control to date has been mass drug...

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Autores principales: Inobaya, Marianette T, Olveda, Remigio M, Chau, Thao NP, Olveda, David U, Ross, Allen GP
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4231879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25400499
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRTM.S44274
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Ross, Allen GP
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description Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that ranks second only to malaria in terms of human suffering in the tropics and subtropics. Five species are known to infect man and there are currently over 240 million people infected worldwide. The cornerstone of control to date has been mass drug administration with 40 mg/kg of praziquantel but there are problems with this approach. Human and bovine vaccines are in various stages of development. Integrated control, targeting the life cycle, is the only approach that will lead to sustainability and future elimination.
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spelling pubmed-42318792014-11-14 Prevention and control of schistosomiasis: a current perspective Inobaya, Marianette T Olveda, Remigio M Chau, Thao NP Olveda, David U Ross, Allen GP Res Rep Trop Med Review Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that ranks second only to malaria in terms of human suffering in the tropics and subtropics. Five species are known to infect man and there are currently over 240 million people infected worldwide. The cornerstone of control to date has been mass drug administration with 40 mg/kg of praziquantel but there are problems with this approach. Human and bovine vaccines are in various stages of development. Integrated control, targeting the life cycle, is the only approach that will lead to sustainability and future elimination. Dove 2014-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4231879/ /pubmed/25400499 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRTM.S44274 Text en © 2014 Inobaya et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License. The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. Permissions beyond the scope of the License are administered by Dove Medical Press Limited. Information on how to request permission may be found at: http://www.dovepress.com/permissions.php
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