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This is a perspectives piece on the central role of diagnostics for a truly holistic approach against gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic diseases. This article was motivated by a recent review in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, where Absar Alum and colleagues (September 2010) reviewed the global burden, key transmission pathways, current tools and strategies, and provided their vision of a holistic approach to control GI protozoan and helminthic infections in humans. We argue that, as the success of multiple rounds of national deworming campaigns are actualized in various parts of the world, diagnostics become vital to achieve successful elimination and to aid pharmacovigilance against emerging pathogen resistance to the limited deworming pharmacopoeia.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.ijid.2010.10.007

Type

Journal article

Journal

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Publication Date

02/2011

Volume

15

Pages

e76 - e77

Addresses

Graduate Group in Demography, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. mharhay@pop.upenn.edu

Keywords

Humans, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, Antiparasitic Agents, Holistic Health, Communicable Disease Control