Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic

DH Molyneux, L Savioli, D Engels - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
The concept of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) emerged more than a decade ago and
has been recognised as a valid way to categorise diseases that affect the poorest …

Moving from control to elimination of schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: time to change and adapt strategies

LAT Tchuenté, D Rollinson, JR Stothard… - Infectious diseases of …, 2017 - mednexus.org
Schistosomiasis is a water borne parasitic disease of global importance and with ongoing
control the disease endemic landscape is changing. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, the …

Do cryptic reservoirs threaten gambiense-sleeping sickness elimination?

P Büscher, JM Bart, M Boelaert, B Bucheton… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Between
1990 and 2015, almost 440000 cases were reported. Large-scale screening of populations …

Molecular diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

S Sundar, OP Singh - Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2018 - Springer
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a deadly parasitic disease, is a major public health concern
globally. Countries affected by VL have signed the London Declaration on Neglected …

Investigating the effectiveness of current and modified World Health Organization guidelines for the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections

SH Farrell, LE Coffeng, JE Truscott… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Considerable efforts have been made to better understand the effectiveness of
large-scale preventive chemotherapy therapy for the control of morbidity caused by infection …

Overcoming roadblocks in the development of vaccines for leishmaniasis

PM Kaye, S Mohan, C Mantel, M Malhame… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The leishmaniases represent a group of parasitic diseases caused by infection
with one of several species of Leishmania parasites. Disease presentation varies because …

Towards interruption of schistosomiasis transmission in sub-Saharan Africa: developing an appropriate environmental surveillance framework to guide and to support ' …

JR Stothard, SJ Campbell… - Infectious diseases of …, 2017 - Springer
Schistosomiasis is a waterborne parasitic disease in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly
common in rural populations living in impoverished conditions. With the scale-up of …

Diagnosis of helminths depends on worm fecundity and the distribution of parasites within hosts

T Crellen, M Haswell, P Sithithaworn… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Helminth transmission and morbidity are dependent on the number of mature parasites
within a host; however, observing adult worms is impossible for many natural infections. An …

Towards evidence-based control of Opisthorchis viverrini

T Crellen, P Sithithaworn, O Pitaksakulrat… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Transmission of the carcinogenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini is ongoing across
Southeast Asia. Endemic countries within the region are in different stages of achieving …

Between-country inequalities in the neglected tropical disease burden in 1990 and 2010, with projections for 2020

WA Stolk, MC Kulik, EA le Rutte… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has set ambitious time-bound targets for
the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Investing in NTDs is not …