Zoonotic larval cestode infections: neglected, neglected tropical diseases?

[...]there is a lack of outcry from the populations of endemic regions to pressure local governments to implement additional control efforts. Since both conditions also affect livestock, it is possible that the perception of the public health sector, in many endemic regions, is that these diseases a...

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Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2009, Vol.3 (2), p.e319-e319
Main Authors: Budke, Christine M, White, Jr, A Clinton, Garcia, Hector H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases - parasitology
Cysts
Echinococcus - physiology
Evidence-Based Healthcare
Health sciences
Humans
Infectious Diseases/Helminth Infections
Integrated approach
Larva
Livestock
Medical imaging
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Parasitic Diseases - epidemiology
Parasitic Diseases - parasitology
Parasitic Diseases - prevention & control
Public health
Public Health and Epidemiology/Infectious Diseases
Taenia solium - physiology
Tropical diseases
Tropical Medicine
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Summary:[...]there is a lack of outcry from the populations of endemic regions to pressure local governments to implement additional control efforts. Since both conditions also affect livestock, it is possible that the perception of the public health sector, in many endemic regions, is that these diseases are an agricultural problem and are, therefore, primarily the responsibility of the agricultural/veterinary sector. [...]control program implementation, for both of these conditions, is a long-term commitment, which may include anthelminthic treatment of definitive hosts, vaccination, treatment and/or inspection of intermediate hosts, and education initiatives [19],[20].
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000319