NEW THIS WEDNESDAY: 17 ITEMS ON DISEASE ELIMINATION
| Tuesday, 2nd of July 2013 |
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Dear All,
Last months posting of items on disease eradication brought to mind the related topic of disease elimination. Whereas eradication refers to clearing the world of a disease (smallpox or polio, for example), elimination can refer either to clearing a disease from a delimited geographical area (for example, onchocerciasis elimination from the western hemisphere) or global reduction, below a specified threshold, of a disease like neonatal tetanus which, for biological reasons, is not eradicable.
The table below lists the most consulted items on disease elimination, and the number of page views. I have dropped from it items on eradicable diseases (measles, for example). Whats left is a list of diseases not yet targeted for global eradication. Where do the following diseases fit, from the standpoint of biological eradicability and social priority setting?
- Cholera
- Hepatitis B
- Human helminthiases
- Lymphatic filariasis
- Onchocerciasis
- Schistosomiasis
- Tetanus
- Trachoma
- Tuberculosis
Some of these diseases are ineradicable. Some are, perhaps, ripe for moving from the elimination to the eradication column. Although vaccine preventable, hep B and cholera both have a carrier state which means that, in a best case scenario, they will be with us for many decades to come. One disease, TB, cannot be considered for elimination until better technologies are available for its control.
Good reading.
Bob Davis
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No of Hits |
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ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL AND ELIMINATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=399 |
651 |
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TROPICAL DISEASES TARGETED FOR ELIMINATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=388 |
592 |
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SCHISTOSOMIASIS ELIMINATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=516 |
573 |
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FROM THE PAHO HOMEPAGE: USE OF ORAL VACCINE CAN COMPLEMENT CHOLERA ELIMINATION EFFORTS, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1404 |
502 |
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THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN VIRAL DISEASE ERADICATION AND ELIMINATION PROGRAMS: LESSONS FOR MALARIA ERADICATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=573 |
432 |
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CSU 50/2010: ELIMINATION OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION/ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE AND THE ANTIVACCINATION MOVEMENT, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=123 |
426 |
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UPDATE ON ONCHO ELIMINATION IN THE AMERICAS, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=818 |
332 |
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UPDATE ON MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL LF ELIMINATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=817 |
235 |
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PROOF OF PRINCIPLE OF ONCHOCERCIASIS ELIMINATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1592 |
232 |
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ELIMINATION OF BLINDING TRACHOMA BY 2020, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1135 |
168 |
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A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE CONTROL AND ELIMINATION OF HUMAN HELMINTHIASES, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1430 |
161 |
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ONCHOCERCIASIS ELIMINATION IN ENDEMIC FOCI, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1543 |
109 |
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INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE NEONATAL MORTALITY FROM NEONATAL TETANUS IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1890 |
104 |
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PROSPECTS FOR TUBERCULOSIS ELIMINATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1658 |
93 |
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WHATS NEW THIS FRIDAY: TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF ONCHO DATA FROM MEXICO: TREND TOWARDS ELIMINATION, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1727 |
78 |
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TOWARD ELIMINATION AND ERADICATION OF HEPATITIS B, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1917 |
78 |
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WHATS NEW THIS TUESDAY: INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE NEONATAL MORTALITY FROM NEONATAL TETANUS, http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=1879 |
50 |
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Total |
4816 |
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