Prospects for Schistosomiasis Elimination

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...

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Otros Autores:	Gray, Darren (auth), Bergquist, Robert
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
Materias:	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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