Prospects for Schistosomiasis Elimination

• Main Author: Gray, Darren (auth)
• Other Authors: Bergquist, Robert (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; n/a; Cambodia; schistosomiasis elimination; chemotherapy; Côte d'Ivoire; systems thinking; Schistosomiasis mansoni; control and elimination; neglected tropical diseases; drug discovery; systems epidemiology; guidelines; schistosomiasis; Central Africa; goals; mapping; Africa; cattle; zoonosis; systematic non-compliance; Lao PDR; Sm14; POC-CCA; planorbidae; complexity; distribution; remote-sensing; Neotricula aperta; sanitation; Biomphalaria glabrata; Schistosomiasis; international space station; Mayuge; elimination; spatio-temporal epidemiology; goats; FABP; artemether; interdisciplinarity; praziquantel; soil-transmitted-helminthiasis; Caribbean; health education; snail; Schistosoma haematobium; snail resistance; 28S ribosomal DNA; WIPO Re:Search; intermediate snail host; Schistosoma malayensis; Gabon; transmission; soil-transmitted helminths; combination therapy; S. mansoni; climate change; domestic animals; Schistosoma mansoni; diagnosis; Schistosoma japonicum; leishmaniasis; modelling; public-private partnerships; GIS; ECOSTRESS; young adults; Oncomelania hupensis; PCR; Bulinus truncatus; gene drive; worldview; S. japonicum zoonosis; coverage rate; phylogeography; cross-sector collaboration; epidemiology; preventive chemotherapy; MDA coverage; China; operational research; transmission control; satellite; high-sensitivity diagnostics; loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP); sheep; polymerase chain reaction; BIO Ventures for Global Health; bovines; Kato-Katz; vaccine development; treatment-opportunities; Philippines; buffalo; Schistosoma mekongi; control; Schistosoma; vector control; vaccine; parasite; Asia; transgenic snail; snail control; DNA; capacity-building; Uganda; pooled samples
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Current efforts to limit the ravages of schistosomiasis are pushing the world closer to eliminating a chronic infection that has been associated with human life in the tropics since time immemorial. This notwithstanding, the disease remains a scourge for large populations in sub-Saharan Africa, Lati...