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Cost-effectiveness of controlling neglectedtropical diseases (Cost per DALY averted in$US) Lymphatic filariasis: 35 – 370 (depends on region) Schistosomiasis: 10-23, or as much as 844 (depends onstrategy) Onchocerciasis: 9 Soil-transmitted helminths: 2-11 (mass school treatment)(Includes hookworm, ascariasis, whipworm)
WHO-recommended anthelminthic drugs fortreatment or preventionDiseaseIvermectinAscariasis + + - (+) - + +Hookworm+ + - - - + +Lymphatic filariasis+ - + + - - -AlbendazoleMebendazoleDiethylcarbamezinePraziquantelLevamisoleOnchocerciasis- - - + - - -Schistosomiasis- - - - + - -Trichuriasis+ + - (+) - (?) (?)Otherflukes- - - - + - -Strongyloidiasis+ (+) - + - - -Taeniasis- - - - + - -Pyrantel
Page 1 and 2: Global Health Pre-Trip SessionHelmi
Page 3 and 4: Diseases NOT coveredEnterobiasis (p
Page 5: Estimated number of DALYs lost(thou
Page 9 and 10: Taenia
Page 11: Taenia saginata
Page 15: CLASSIFICATION OF PATHOGENIC ANDCOM
Page 20 and 21: Echinoccosis granulosus
Page 22: Surgical specimen from prior patien
Page 30: Hookworm Life Cycle
Page 39 and 40: Rhabditiform larva of Strongyloides
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Page 51: nucleitipsheath
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Geography of epidemiology
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Schistosome Map, 2006
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Egg Schistosoma intercalatum
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Epidemiology of S. mansoni and S. h
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S. japonicum, mekongiSimilar pathog
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S. japonicum, Asia
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S. japonicum, S. mekongi
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