Evidence for potential elimination of active Taenia solium transmission in Africa?

N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 23;383(4):396-397. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1909955.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Africa South of the Sahara
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use*
  • Benzimidazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use*
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Swine Diseases / prevention & control
  • Taenia solium*
  • Taeniasis / prevention & control
  • Taeniasis / transmission*
  • Vaccines

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Vaccines
  • Praziquantel
  • oxfendazole