StrongNet: An International Network to Improve Diagnostics and Access to Treatment for Strongyloidiasis Control

Marco Albonico^{1

2}, Sören L Becker^{3

4

5}, Peter Odermatt^{3

4}, Andrea Angheben¹, Mariella Anselmi⁶, Arancha Amor⁷, Beatrice Barda^{3

4}, Dora Buonfrate¹, Philip Cooper⁸, Laurent Gétaz⁹, Jennifer Keiser^{3

4}, Virak Khieu^{3

4

10}, Antonio Montresor¹¹, José Muñoz¹², Ana Requena-Méndez¹², Lorenzo Savioli¹³, Richard Speare^{14

15}, Peter Steinmann^{3

4}, Lisette van Lieshout¹⁶, Jürg Utzinger^{3

4}, Zeno Bisoffi¹; StrongNet Working Group

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
² University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
³ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁵ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
⁶ Centro de Epidemiología Comunitaria y Medicina Tropical, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
⁷ Mundo Sano Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁸ Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, de la Salud y la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
⁹ University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁰ National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
¹¹ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹² ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Tropical Health Solutions, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁵ Division of Tropical Health & Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Marco Albonico et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Sep 8;10(9):e0004898.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004898. eCollection 2016 Sep.

¹ Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy.
² University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
³ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁵ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
⁶ Centro de Epidemiología Comunitaria y Medicina Tropical, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
⁷ Mundo Sano Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁸ Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, de la Salud y la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
⁹ University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁰ National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
¹¹ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹² ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Tropical Health Solutions, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁵ Division of Tropical Health & Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Department of Parasitology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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