Potential Elimination of Active Taenia solium Transmission in Africa

Gabriël, Sarah;Mwape, Kabemba E.;Hobbs, Emma C.;Devleesschauwer, Brecht;Dorny, Pierre;et.al.
(2020) New England Journal of Medicine — Vol. 383, n° 4, p. 396-397 (2020)

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  • Mwape, Kabemba E.
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(en) TO THE EDITOR: Taeniasis and cysticercosis due to Taenia solium are major foodborne parasitic zoonoses that severely affect public health, social, and economic sectors, with the burden of neurocysticercosis estimated at 2,788,426 disability-adjusted life-years.1 A study involving an integrated intervention program in humans and pigs showed elimination of transmission of T. solium in Peru.2 This study provided important proof of concept; however, similar studies of T. solium elimination have not been completed in sub-Saharan Africa, where the prevalence of this infection and the level of poverty are higher than in Peru.
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Gabriël, S., Mwape, K. E., Hobbs, E. C., Devleesschauwer, B., Van Damme, I., Zulu, G., Mwelwa, C., Mubanga, C., Masuku, M., Mambwe, M., De Coster, T., Phiri, I. K., Berkvens, D. L., Colston, A., Bottieau, E., Speybroeck, N., Ketzis, J. K., Willingham, A. L., Trevisan, C., & Dorny, P. (2020). Potential Elimination of Active Taenia solium Transmission in Africa. New England Journal of Medicine, 383(4), 396-397. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc1909955 (Original work published 2020)