Successful and currently ongoing parasite eradication programs.

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Vet Parasitol. 2006 Jul 31;139(4):293-307. Epub 2006 May 26.

Successful and currently ongoing parasite eradication programs.

Bowman DD

Dwight D.Bowman

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Abstract

The eradication of parasitic diseases is not a new concept. The most successful programs of parasite eradication have occurred with species of veterinary importance. The first such program, the eradication of Texas Cattle Fever from the United States, is one of the great success stories of disease eradication. The American screwworm eradication program is ongoing and is serving as a guiding impetus for many of the ongoing or proposed vector eradication schemes around the world. The success of these programs prompted similar successful operations in human health. Although they once led the way, veterinary parasitologists have taken second place in eradication planning. The only three parasitic diseases of veterinary importance that have been targets of recent eradication programs are Hypoderma species in Great Britain and Europe, Cochliomyia hominivorax after its introduction into Libya from the Americas, and Echinococcus granulosus in Tasmania, Australia. There is also work on the eradication of the tick, Amblyomma variegatum, from the Caribbean Islands. Some animal diseases are targeted under the auspices of the human eradication programs, most notably the eradication of the tsetse fly from parts or all of Africa. This paper reviews some of the past or ongoing successful eradication programs and presents a brief summary of the history of the programs, the methods used or planned, and potential controversies surrounding their success and implementation.

PMID: 16730411 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.04.020

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1. Introduction

2. Successful eradication programs

2.1. The eradication of Texas Cattle Fever (Boophilus annulatus and Babesia bigemina) from the USA

2.2. Eradication of the American screwworm, C. hominivorax

2.3. Eradication of hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, from the USA

2.4. Eradication of Trypanosoma equiperdum from Canada and the United States

2.5. Eradication of Hypoderma in Great Britain and the ongoing program in Europe

2.6. Eradication of E. granulosus – hydatid disease – from Iceland, Cyprus, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Falkland Islands

3. ongoing eradication programs

3.1. ongoing eradication of the tropical bont tick (A. variegatum) in the Caribbean

3.2. ongoing global eradication of Guinea Worm, D. medinensis

3.3. ongoing eradication of river blindness, onchocerciasis

3.4. ongoing eradication of lymphatic filariasis—W. bancrofti and Brugia malayi

3.5. Control and elimination of Chagas disease—Trypanosoma cruzi and triatomid bugs

3.6. Potential eradication of the tsetse fly and African trypanosomiasis

4. Potential eradication targets

4.1. Potential program for the control of cysticercosis—Taenia solium

4.2. Gastrointestinal nematode parasites of sheep

4.3. The parasite without a program—schistosomiasis

5. Conclusions

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