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Odds, challenges and new approaches in the control of helminthiasis, an Asian study

The time is passing, and the worms are still a major struggle for local people in Asian countries, especially the less empowered and in a situation of social vulnerability. We are working in the field in Laos, Thailand, and the Philippines where the usual control programs based only on human treatme...

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Autores principales: Sato, Marcello Otake, Adsakwattana, Poom, Fontanilla, Ian Kendrich C., Kobayashi, Jun, Sato, Megumi, Pongvongsa, Tiengkhan, Fornillos, Raffy Jay C., Waikagul, Jitra
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6324018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2018.e00083
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author Sato, Marcello Otake
Adsakwattana, Poom
Fontanilla, Ian Kendrich C.
Kobayashi, Jun
Sato, Megumi
Pongvongsa, Tiengkhan
Fornillos, Raffy Jay C.
Waikagul, Jitra
author_facet Sato, Marcello Otake
Adsakwattana, Poom
Fontanilla, Ian Kendrich C.
Kobayashi, Jun
Sato, Megumi
Pongvongsa, Tiengkhan
Fornillos, Raffy Jay C.
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description The time is passing, and the worms are still a major struggle for local people in Asian countries, especially the less empowered and in a situation of social vulnerability. We are working in the field in Laos, Thailand, and the Philippines where the usual control programs based only on human treatment are partially effective. Areas with mass drug administration could diminish, but not eliminate STHs of endemic areas. The persistence of helminthic NTDs in the environment and animal hosts makes the eradication a very difficult task. Great changes in the landscapes of endemic areas, such as construction of dams, can change the fauna and the lifestyle of local people. Those changes can improve infrastructure, but it can also lead to social vulnerability. The challenge, then, is to conceive new and directed control programs for helminthiasis based on multi- and transdisciplinary approaches diminishing the health gap in a globalized world. In this short review, we summarize the actual scenario concerning the main helminths in Southeast Asia and how an environmental DNA approach and the use of GIS could contribute to surveillance and control programs.
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spelling pubmed-63240182019-01-18 Odds, challenges and new approaches in the control of helminthiasis, an Asian study Sato, Marcello Otake Adsakwattana, Poom Fontanilla, Ian Kendrich C. Kobayashi, Jun Sato, Megumi Pongvongsa, Tiengkhan Fornillos, Raffy Jay C. Waikagul, Jitra Parasite Epidemiol Control Article The time is passing, and the worms are still a major struggle for local people in Asian countries, especially the less empowered and in a situation of social vulnerability. We are working in the field in Laos, Thailand, and the Philippines where the usual control programs based only on human treatment are partially effective. Areas with mass drug administration could diminish, but not eliminate STHs of endemic areas. The persistence of helminthic NTDs in the environment and animal hosts makes the eradication a very difficult task. Great changes in the landscapes of endemic areas, such as construction of dams, can change the fauna and the lifestyle of local people. Those changes can improve infrastructure, but it can also lead to social vulnerability. The challenge, then, is to conceive new and directed control programs for helminthiasis based on multi- and transdisciplinary approaches diminishing the health gap in a globalized world. In this short review, we summarize the actual scenario concerning the main helminths in Southeast Asia and how an environmental DNA approach and the use of GIS could contribute to surveillance and control programs. Elsevier 2018-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6324018/ /pubmed/30662968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2018.e00083 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Fornillos, Raffy Jay C.
Waikagul, Jitra
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2018.e00083
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