StrongNet: An International Network to Improve Diagnostics and Access to Treatment for Strongyloidiasis Control

Marco Albonico, Sören L. Becker, Peter Odermatt Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Andrea Angheben Affiliation: Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy Mariella Anselmi Affiliation: Centro de Epidemiología Comunitaria y Medicina Tropical, Esmeraldas, Ecuador Arancha Amor Affiliation: Mundo Sano Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina Beatrice Barda Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Dora Buonfrate Affiliation: Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy Philip Cooper Affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, de la Salud y la Vida, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador Laurent Gétaz Affiliation: University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Jennifer Keiser Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Virak Khieu Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Antonio Montresor Affiliation: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland José Muñoz Affiliation: ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Ana Requena-Méndez Affiliation: ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Lorenzo Savioli Affiliation: Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland Richard Speare [dagger] Deceased. [...]clinical, diagnostic, epidemiologic, treatment, and control aspects are not adequately addressed to allow for an effective management of the disease, both in clinical medicine and in public health programs [4].