TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis
AU - Craig, Philip S.
AU - McManus, Donald P.
AU - Lightowlers, Marshall W.
AU - Chabalgoity, Jose A.
AU - Garcia, Hector H.
AU - Gavidia, Cesar M.
AU - Gilman, Robert H.
AU - Gonzalez, Armando E.
AU - Lorca, Myriam
AU - Naquira, Cesar
AU - Nieto, Alberto
AU - Schantz, Peter M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The workshop where these data was discussed and initially assembled was supported by the Office of Rare Diseases, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA) and the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru). Other research on the subject by the authors is funded by grant numbers AI51976, TW05562, and TWO1565 from the National Institutes of Health, USA (PSC, HHG, RHG, AEG), the Wellcome Trust (DPM, MWL, AEG), and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (ML). The sponsors had no role in the design or writing of this manuscript.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Human cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease) continues to be a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Elimination is difficult to obtain and it is estimated that, using current control options, achieving such a goal will take around 20 years of sustained efforts. Since the introduction of current (and past) hydatid control campaigns, there have been clear technological improvements made in the diagnosis and treatment of human and animal cystic echinococcosis, the diagnosis of canine echinococcosis, and the genetic characterisation of strains and vaccination against Echinococcus granulosus in animals. Incorporation of these new measures could increase the efficiency of hydatid control programmes, potentially reducing the time required to achieve effective prevention of disease transmission to as little as 5-10 years.
AB - Human cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease) continues to be a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Elimination is difficult to obtain and it is estimated that, using current control options, achieving such a goal will take around 20 years of sustained efforts. Since the introduction of current (and past) hydatid control campaigns, there have been clear technological improvements made in the diagnosis and treatment of human and animal cystic echinococcosis, the diagnosis of canine echinococcosis, and the genetic characterisation of strains and vaccination against Echinococcus granulosus in animals. Incorporation of these new measures could increase the efficiency of hydatid control programmes, potentially reducing the time required to achieve effective prevention of disease transmission to as little as 5-10 years.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70134-2
DO - 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70134-2
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17521591
AN - SCOPUS:34249010905
SN - 1473-3099
VL - 7
SP - 385
EP - 394
JO - Lancet Infectious Diseases
JF - Lancet Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -