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We are collaborating on clinical trials for a new treatment for this sometimes fatal common infection
Strongyloidiasis is a soil-transmitted helminth infection caused by strongyloides stercoralis. The WHO estimates that up to 100 million people, particularly children, are infected with this parasitic worm. The causative worm has a different lifecycle from other soil-transmitted helminths and infection can be fatal.
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Up to 100 million people, particularly children, are infected
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0 public health strategies for controlling this disease are active at the global level
Source:
World Health Organization. Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030 [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. Available from: https://www.who.int/ teams/control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases/ending-ntds-together-towards-2030
World Health Organization. WHO Strongyloidiasis fact sheet [Internet]. WHO. World Health Organization; [cited 2021 Mar 25]. Available from: http://www.who.int/intestinal_worms/epidemiology/strongyloidiasis/en/
Children are particularly vulnerable to this infection
Treatment options are limited, with ivermectin, an anti-parasitic, being the medicine of choice, while other anthelmintic medicines such as albendazole and mebendazole, which limit the parasite’s absorption of sugar, lack sufficient efficacy as a single dose.
MDGH is collaborating in clinical trials of moxidectin as a treatment for strongyloidiasis in Cambodia and Laos led by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland.
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A debilitating and disfiguring disease found in 31 African countries and beyond.
An infectious skin condition affecting more than 200 million people at any one time.
A painful and debilitating disease of the lymph system affecting over 50 million people at any one time.
A soil-transmitted infection affecting up to 100 million people, particularly children.
A chronic infectious disease which may cause skin lesions and nerve damage found in 127 countries.
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