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Review
. 2012 Feb;10(2):237-42.
doi: 10.1586/eri.11.165.

Preventive chemotherapy and the fight against neglected tropical diseases

Antonio Montresor  1 , Albis Francesco Gabrielli, Lester Chitsulo, Kazuyo Ichimori, Silvio Mariotti, Dirk Engels, Lorenzo Savioli
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Review

Preventive chemotherapy and the fight against neglected tropical diseases

Antonio Montresor et al. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2012 Feb.

Abstract

Preventive chemotherapy is the public health strategy recommended by the WHO against a set of neglected tropical diseases that includes four groups of helminth infections (lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis) and one chlamydial (trachoma) infection. This article presents the characteristics of preventive chemotherapy interventions directed against each disease targeted by this strategy and provides an update on the status of their implementation worldwide.

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Population requiring preventive chemotherapy (PC) world wide and progress of global coverage 2007-09
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Websites

    1. WHO. Neglected Tropical Diseases - PCT Databank. [Accessed 30 November 2011];2010 http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/preventive_chemotherapy/databank/e....

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