
Currently available monitoring and surveillance systems for Taenia spp., Echinococcus spp., Schistosoma spp., and soil-transmitted helminths at the control/elimination stage : a systematic review
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- Ganna Saelens (UGent) and Sarah Gabriël (UGent)
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- An increasing global focus on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has resulted in the set up of numerous control and elimination activities worldwide. This is partly true for Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis, the most important foodborne parasitic infection. Despite substantial progress, adequate monitoring and surveillance (M&S) are required to sustain a status of control/elimination. This is often lacking, especially for T. solium. Therefore, the objective was to conduct a systematic literature review of the currently available M&S systems at the control/elimination stage of the four top-ranked helminth NTDs. Specifically, Taenia spp., Echinococcus spp., Schistosoma spp., and soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) were considered to determine if there are any similarities between their M&S systems and whether certain approaches can be adopted from each other. The systematic review demonstrated that rigorous M&S systems have been designed for the control/elimination stage of both STHs and schistosomiasis, particularly in China. On the other hand, a concept of M&S for Taenia spp. and Echinococcus spp. has not been fully developed yet, due to a lack of epidemiological data and the fact that many endemic countries are far away from reaching control/elimination. Moreover, accurate diagnostic tools for all four diseases are still imperfect, which complicates proper M&S. Finally, there is an urgent need to develop and harmonize/standardize M&S activities in order to reliably determine and compare the epidemiological situation worldwide.
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- neglected tropical diseases, monitoring and surveillance, helminth zoonoses, Taenia spp., Echinococcus spp., Schistosoma spp., soil-transmitted helminths, NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, BOVINE CYSTICERCOSIS, SPATIAL-ANALYSIS, LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS, RISK REGIONS, TRANSMISSION, CHINA, ELIMINATION, DIAGNOSIS, INFECTIONS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8653195
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- Saelens, Ganna, and Sarah Gabriël. “Currently Available Monitoring and Surveillance Systems for Taenia Spp., Echinococcus Spp., Schistosoma Spp., and Soil-Transmitted Helminths at the Control/Elimination Stage : A Systematic Review.” PATHOGENS, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020, doi:10.3390/pathogens9010047.
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- Saelens, G., & Gabriël, S. (2020). Currently available monitoring and surveillance systems for Taenia spp., Echinococcus spp., Schistosoma spp., and soil-transmitted helminths at the control/elimination stage : a systematic review. PATHOGENS, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010047
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- Saelens, Ganna, and Sarah Gabriël. 2020. “Currently Available Monitoring and Surveillance Systems for Taenia Spp., Echinococcus Spp., Schistosoma Spp., and Soil-Transmitted Helminths at the Control/Elimination Stage : A Systematic Review.” PATHOGENS 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010047.
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- Saelens, Ganna, and Sarah Gabriël. 2020. “Currently Available Monitoring and Surveillance Systems for Taenia Spp., Echinococcus Spp., Schistosoma Spp., and Soil-Transmitted Helminths at the Control/Elimination Stage : A Systematic Review.” PATHOGENS 9 (1). doi:10.3390/pathogens9010047.
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- 1.Saelens G, Gabriël S. Currently available monitoring and surveillance systems for Taenia spp., Echinococcus spp., Schistosoma spp., and soil-transmitted helminths at the control/elimination stage : a systematic review. PATHOGENS. 2020;9(1).
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- [1]G. Saelens and S. Gabriël, “Currently available monitoring and surveillance systems for Taenia spp., Echinococcus spp., Schistosoma spp., and soil-transmitted helminths at the control/elimination stage : a systematic review,” PATHOGENS, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020.
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