ArticleParasitology2017
Are we ready for Taenia solium cysticercosis elimination in sub-Saharan Africa?
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- Strategies for tackling Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review and comparison of transmission models, including an assessment of the wider Taeniidae family transmission models.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Pooled it
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- Epidemiology of intestinal helminthiasis with an emphasis on taeniasis in Chipata district of the Eastern province of Zambia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Aggregation ofParasite epidemiology and control · 2023Review
- Quantitative risk assessment for humanVeterinary world · 2023Article
- Improved latrine coverage may reduce porcine cysticercosis: a comparative cross-sectional study, Busia County, Kenya 2021.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- In Vivo Treatment with the Combination of Nitazoxanide and Flubendazole Induces Gluconeogenesis and Protein Catabolism in Taenia crassiceps cysticerci.Acta parasitologica · 2021Article
- Performance of Ag-ELISA in the diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis in naturally infected pigs in Tanzania.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- TSOL18 vaccine and oxfendazole for control of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs: A field trial in endemic areas of Tanzania.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- No Confirmed Cases ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Stepwise approach for the control and eventual elimination of Taenia solium as a public health problem.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Control ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
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- Recent advancements in the control ofFood and waterborne parasitology · 2018Review
- Analysis of Immune Responses in Mice Orally Immunized with Recombinant pMG36e-SP-TSOL18/Journal of immunology research · 2018Article
- Advocacy for identifying certain animal diseases as "neglected".PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Changes in the seroprevalence of cysticercosis in suspected patients in Chandigarh, India between 1998 and 2014: analysis of 17 years of data.Epidemiology and infection · 2017Article
- CystiSim - An Agent-Based Model for Taenia solium Transmission and Control.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Effect of National Schistosomiasis Control Programme onParasite epidemiology and control · 2016Article
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Abstract
The World Health Organization announced in November 2014 at the fourth international meeting on 'the control of neglected zoonotic diseases - from advocacy to action', that intervention tools for eliminating Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis (TSTC) are in place. The aim of this work was to elucidate theoretical outcomes of various control options suggested for TSTC elimination in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over a 4-year period. Our current knowledge regarding T. solium epidemiology and control primarily builds on studies from Latin America. A simple transmission model - built on data from Latin America - has been used to predict the effect of various interventions such as mass treatment of humans, vaccination and treatment of pigs, and health education of communities, potentially leading to change in bad practices and reducing transmission risks. Based on simulations of the transmission model, even a 4-year integrated One Health approach fails to eliminate TSTC from a small community and in all simulations, the prevalence of human taeniosis and porcine cysticercosis start to rise as soon as the programmes end. Our current knowledge regarding transmission and burden of TSTC in SSA is scarce and while claiming to be tool ready, the selection of diagnostic and surveillance tools, as well as the algorithms and stepwise approaches for control and elimination of TSTC remain major challenges.
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