Can We Recommend Practical Interventions to Prevent Neurocysticercosis?

Uffe Christian Braae; Marshall W Lightowlers; Meritxell Donadeu

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2019.04.012

Can We Recommend Practical Interventions to Prevent Neurocysticercosis?

Trends Parasitol. 2019 Aug;35(8):592-595. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.04.012. Epub 2019 May 28.

Authors

Uffe Christian Braae¹, Marshall W Lightowlers², Meritxell Donadeu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300, Copenhagen, Denmark; One Health Center for Zoonoses and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
² Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia. Electronic address: marshall@unimelb.edu.au.
³ Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia; Initiative for Neglected Animal Diseases (INAND), Whitby Manor Office Estate, 14th Road, Midrand, South Africa.

PMID: 31151880
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.04.012

Abstract

The cystiSim model was used to compare strategies for the control of Taenia solium. A three-monthly intervention in pigs for 3 years was substantially more effective than biannual treatment for taeniasis in the human population for 5 years. The intervention period could be shortened further by combining pig and human interventions.

Keywords: Taenia solium; control; cysticercosis; modelling.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Models, Theoretical*
Neurocysticercosis / prevention & control*
Swine
Swine Diseases / drug therapy
Swine Diseases / prevention & control*
Taenia solium / physiology
Taeniasis / prevention & control*
Taeniasis / transmission
Zoonoses / prevention & control*