Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List
Strongyloidiasis is an infection caused by the helminth, Strongyloides stercoralis. Up to 370 million people are infected with the parasite globally, and it has remained endemic in the Indigenous Australian population for many decades. Strongyloidiasis has been also reported in other Australian popu...
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doaj-52a62ec22afd48e3a81f0c94bc147f5a2020-11-24T21:09:08ZengMDPI AGTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease2414-63662018-06-01326110.3390/tropicalmed3020061tropicalmed3020061Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease ListMeruyert Beknazarova0Harriet Whiley1Jenni A. Judd2Jennifer Shield3Wendy Page4Adrian Miller5Maxine Whittaker6Kirstin Ross7College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, AustraliaCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, AustraliaSchool of Health Medical and Applied Sciences, Centre of Indigenous Health Equity Research, Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, QLD 4670, AustraliaDepartment of Pharmacy and Applied Science, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, AustraliaMiwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Nhulunbuy, NT 0881, AustraliaIndigenous Research Unit, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, AustraliaCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, AustraliaCollege of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, AustraliaStrongyloidiasis is an infection caused by the helminth, Strongyloides stercoralis. Up to 370 million people are infected with the parasite globally, and it has remained endemic in the Indigenous Australian population for many decades. Strongyloidiasis has been also reported in other Australian populations. Ignorance of this disease has caused unnecessary costs to the government health system, and been detrimental to the Australian people’s health. This manuscript addresses the 12 criteria required for a disease to be included in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List (NNDL) under the National Health Security Act 2007 (Commonwealth). There are six main arguments that provide compelling justification for strongyloidiasis to be made nationally notifiable and added to the Australian NNDL. These are: The disease is important to Indigenous health, and closing the health inequity gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is a priority; a public health response is required to detect cases of strongyloidiasis and to establish the true incidence and prevalence of the disease; there is no alternative national surveillance system to gather data on the disease; there are preventive measures with high efficacy and low side effects; data collection is feasible as cases are definable by microscopy, PCR, or serological diagnostics; and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) # 6 on clean water and sanitation.http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/2/61strongyloidiasisStrongyloides stercoralisnotifiableAustralia |
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Meruyert Beknazarova Harriet Whiley Jenni A. Judd Jennifer Shield Wendy Page Adrian Miller Maxine Whittaker Kirstin Ross Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease strongyloidiasis Strongyloides stercoralis notifiable Australia |
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Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List |
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Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List |
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Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List |
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Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List |
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Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List |
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argument for inclusion of strongyloidiasis in the australian national notifiable disease list |
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
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Strongyloidiasis is an infection caused by the helminth, Strongyloides stercoralis. Up to 370 million people are infected with the parasite globally, and it has remained endemic in the Indigenous Australian population for many decades. Strongyloidiasis has been also reported in other Australian populations. Ignorance of this disease has caused unnecessary costs to the government health system, and been detrimental to the Australian people’s health. This manuscript addresses the 12 criteria required for a disease to be included in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List (NNDL) under the National Health Security Act 2007 (Commonwealth). There are six main arguments that provide compelling justification for strongyloidiasis to be made nationally notifiable and added to the Australian NNDL. These are: The disease is important to Indigenous health, and closing the health inequity gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is a priority; a public health response is required to detect cases of strongyloidiasis and to establish the true incidence and prevalence of the disease; there is no alternative national surveillance system to gather data on the disease; there are preventive measures with high efficacy and low side effects; data collection is feasible as cases are definable by microscopy, PCR, or serological diagnostics; and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) # 6 on clean water and sanitation. |
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strongyloidiasis Strongyloides stercoralis notifiable Australia |
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