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Table 1 The main neglected tropical diseases for which there are single dose treatments available for disease control.

From: The role of nutrition in integrated programs to control neglected tropical diseases

Group

Generic name or disease

Species

Geographical

distribution

Vector or intermediate host

Main drugs available to treat infections

Control measures

Nematode

Large roundworm

Ascaris lumbricoides

Worldwide

None, as

all species are directly

soil-transmitted

Albendazole

Mebendazole

Oxantel/pyrantel

Sanitation,

personal hygiene

 

Whipworm

Trichuris trichiura

    
 

Hookworm

Ancylostoma duodenale

Worldwide

  

Sanitation,

wearing shoes

 

Hookworm

Necator americanus

    

Nematode

Lymphatic filariasis

Wuchereria bancrofti

Worldwide

Mosquitoes

DEC or Ivermectin +

Albendazole

Mosquito

control

 

Lymphatic filariasis

Brugia malayi

South Asia

   

Nematode

River blindness

Onchocerca volvulus

Africa, South America

Black flies

Ivermectin

Black fly control

Trematode

Urinary schistosomiasis

Schistosoma haematobium

Africa

Fresh-water snails

Praziquantel

Snail control, sanitation and behavior change

 

Intestinal

schistosomiasis

Schistosoma mansoni

Africa, South America

   
 

Intestinal

schistosomiasis

Schistosoma japonicum

Asia

   

Bacterium

Trachoma

Chlamydia trachomatis

Worldwide

Fliesa

Azithromycin or Tetracycline

Fly control,

personal hygiene

  1. aNo developmental stage, transmission is passive.