@article{28088,
  keywords = {Soil-transmitted helminths, Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), Lymphatic filariasis, Elimination programmes},
  author = {Means A and Ásbjörnsdóttir K and Mwandawiro C and Rollinson D and Jacobson J and Littlewood T and Walson J},
  title = {Sustaining progress towards NTD elimination: An opportunity to leverage lymphatic filariasis elimination programs to interrupt transmission of soil-transmitted helminths.},
  abstract = {<p>In light of the unprecedented momentum to control or eliminate ten neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020, the NTD community is at a crossroads of opportunity. Efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) using mass drug administration (MDA) platforms have dramatically and simultaneously increased the number of individuals treated for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) in many areas, owing to overlaps in endemicity and drug efficacy. A concomitant reduction in STH infection raises the possibility of moving beyond current World Health Organization (WHO) morbidity control guidelines to actual disease elimination for STHs [<a class="ref-tip" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004737#pntd.0004737.ref001">1</a>]. We identify specific rationale, opportunities, and challenges associated with leveraging existing LF elimination platforms for the purpose of interrupting STH transmission.</p>
},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {PLoS neglected tropical diseases},
  volume = {10},
  pages = {e0004737},
  issn = {1935-2735},
  url = {http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0004737.PDF},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0004737},
  language = {eng},
}