Stepwise approach for the control and eventual elimination of Taenia solium as a public health problem

Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis is a public health and agricultural problem and ranked the top foodborne parasitic hazard globally

Abstract

Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis is a public health and agricultural problem, especially in low-income countries, and has been ranked the top foodborne parasitic hazard globally. In 2012, the World Health Organization published a roadmap that called for a validated strategy for T. solium control and elimination by 2015. This goal has not been met, and validated evidence of effective control or elimination in endemic countries is still incomplete. Measuring and evaluating success of control programmes remains difficult, as locally acceptable targets have not been defined as part of the 2012 roadmap nor from other sources, and the performance of tools to measure effect are limited.

This is a publication arising from the Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) programme

Citation

Braae U, Gabriël S, Trevisan C, Thomas L, Magnussen P, Abela-Ridder B, Ngowi H, Johansen M (2019). Stepwise approach for the control and eventual elimination of Taenia solium as a public health problem. BMC Infect Dis. 19(1):182.

Stepwise approach for the control and eventual elimination of Taenia solium as a public health problem

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Published 21 February 2019