Expanding molecular diagnostics of helminthiasis: Piloting use of the GPLN platform for surveillance of soil transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis in Ghana
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Expanding molecular diagnostics of helminthiasis: Piloting use of the GPLN platform for surveillance of soil transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis in Ghana
The efforts to control and eradicate polio as a global health burden have been successful to the point where currently only three countries now report endemic polio, and the number of cases of polio continues to decrease. The success of the polio programme has been dependant on a well-developed network of laboratories termed the global polio laboratory network (GPLN). Here we explore collaborat...
متن کاملPrevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis
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متن کاملPrevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis.
This report contains the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee convened to consider the prevention and control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections. Although these infections remain major public health concerns in many parts of the world, particularly in the poorest developing countries, cost-effective solutions are both available and deliverable. The report reviews t...
متن کاملMapping of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in the Regions of Centre, East and West Cameroon
BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) are widely distributed in Cameroon. Although mass drug administration (MDA) of mebendazole is implemented nationwide, treatment with praziquantel was so far limited to the three northern regions and few health districts in the southern part of Cameroon, based on previous mapping conducted 25 years ago. To update the disease dis...
متن کاملSoil-transmitted helminthiasis in Selangor, Malaysia.
A survey of 25,246 Malay, Chinese and Indian children and adults ranging from birth to over 60 years of age, of both sexes, from 4 types of communities with different conditions of environmental sanitation and socio-economic status revealed an overall incidence of infection with soiltransmitted helminths of 39.6 percent. The incidence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis was highest among rural ru...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006129