Diagnosing point-of-care diagnostics for neglected tropical diseases

M Bharadwaj, M Bengtson… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Inadequate and nonintegrated diagnostics are the Achilles' heel of global efforts to monitor,
control, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). While treatment is often …

Spatial parasitology and the unmapped human helminthiases

CG Schluth, CJ Standley, S Bansal, CJ Carlson - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Helminthiases are a class of neglected tropical diseases that affect at least 1 billion people
worldwide, with a disproportionate impact on resource-poor areas with limited disease …

Towards global control of parasitic diseases in the Covid-19 era: One Health and the future of multisectoral global health governance

L Ung, JR Stothard, R Phalkey, AS Azman… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human parasitic infections—including malaria, and many neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs)—have long represented a Gordian knot in global public health: ancient, persistent …

Guinea worm disease: a neglected diseases on the verge of eradication

C Pellegrino, G Patti, M Camporeale, A Belati… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a neglected
tropical disease (NTD) caused by a parasite (Dracunculus medinensis). In the past …

Assessment of integrated patterns of human-animal-environment health: a holistic and stratified analysis

ZY Guo, JX Feng, L Ai, JB Xue, JS Liu… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Data-driven research is a very important component of One Health. As the core
part of the global One Health index (GOHI), the global One Health Intrinsic Drivers index …

Modelling to infer the role of animals in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis transmission and elimination in the DRC

RE Crump, CI Huang, SEF Spencer… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) has been targeted for elimination of
transmission (EoT) to humans by 2030. Whilst this ambitious goal is rapidly approaching …

[HTML][HTML] Dog screening as a novel complementary guinea worm disease control tool to mitigate persistence in Chad: A modeling study

M Helikumi, S Mushayabasa - Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2023 - Elsevier
A free-roaming dog population remains one of the major public health problems in many
developing countries. In this study, we investigated the potential impact of owned roaming …

One health and neglected tropical diseases—multisectoral solutions to endemic challenges

JK Peterson, J Bakuza, CJ Standley - Tropical Medicine and Infectious …, 2020 - mdpi.com
One Health is defined as an approach to achieve better health outcomes for humans,
animals, and the environment through collaborative and interdisciplinary efforts …

Quantifying conflict zones as a challenge to certification of Guinea worm eradication in Africa: a new analytical approach

LA Kelly-Hope, DH Molyneux - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To quantify conflict events and access across countries that remain to be certified
free of transmission of Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm disease) or require …

Slaying the Serpent: A Research Agenda to Expand Intervention Development and Accelerate Guinea Worm Eradication Efforts

MG Delea, A Sack, OA Eneanya… - … journal of tropical …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease, is targeted to become the second
human disease and first parasitic infection to be eradicated. The global Guinea Worm …