Extending helminth control beyond STH and schistosomiasis: the case of human hymenolepiasis

Ricardo J Soares Magalhães; Cláudia Fançony; Dina Gamboa; António J Langa; José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo; Archie C A Clements; Susana Vaz Nery

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002321

Extending helminth control beyond STH and schistosomiasis: the case of human hymenolepiasis

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Oct 24;7(10):e2321. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002321. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Ricardo J Soares Magalhães¹, Cláudia Fançony, Dina Gamboa, António J Langa, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Archie C A Clements, Susana Vaz Nery

Affiliation

¹ University of Queensland, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, School of Population Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia.

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Angola / epidemiology
Animals
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Humans
Hymenolepiasis / diagnosis*
Hymenolepiasis / drug therapy*
Hymenolepiasis / epidemiology
Hymenolepiasis / prevention & control
Hymenolepis / isolation & purification*
Prevalence
Topography, Medical

Grants and funding

The work presented in this manuscript and its publication was made possible by the generous support of the promoters of the CISA Project which include the Portuguese Institute for Development Assistance, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Bengo Provincial Government, and the Ministry of Health of Angola. RJSM is supported by a UQ Postdoctoral Fellowship and ACAC is supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. The funders had no role in data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The contents of the article are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders.