Could nitazoxanide be added to other essential medicines for integrated neglected tropical disease control and elimination?

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Mar 27;8(3):e2758. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002758. eCollection 2014 Mar.

Author

Peter J Hotez¹

Affiliation

¹ Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America; James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use*
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Disease Eradication / methods
Humans
Neglected Diseases / epidemiology*
Neglected Diseases / prevention & control*
Nitro Compounds
Parasitic Diseases / epidemiology*
Parasitic Diseases / prevention & control*
Thiazoles / therapeutic use*
Tropical Climate

Substances

Antiparasitic Agents
Nitro Compounds
Thiazoles
nitazoxanide

Grants and funding

The author has indicated that no funding was received for this work.