Assessing the effectiveness of a One Health approach for the control of human strongyloidiasis and ancylostomiasis in Cambodia
This pilot intervention trial evaluates the effectiveness of biannual mass-deworming of free-roaming community dogs on the prevalence of zoonotic hookworm and Strongyloides spp. infections in canines and school-aged children in Cambodia, with the potential to be extended to other regions of the Asia Pacific. Results of this study will be fundamental to inform the impact of One Health intervention strategies on zoonotic soil transmitted helminth infections. Together with population genetic studies, the project will also inform a mathematical transmission model to infer transmission of these zoonotic soil-transmitted helminths. Health economic analysis will be developed on the basis on this proof of concept One Health intervention study.
| Countries | South – East Asian Countries |
| Diseases | STH |
| Drugs | - |
| Research Discipline | Population Health Interventions Mathematical Modelling Health Economic Analyses |
Main Investigator/Other Investigators |
Dr Vito Colella |
| Contact Person | Dr Vito Colella |
| Associate Investigators/Other Collaborators | Professor Jodie McVernon, Dr Trish Campbell, Dr Caroline Watts, Professor Virginia Wiseman, Virak Khieu, Martin Walker |
| Link to Project | https://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/news/soulsby-fellowship-to-enable-innovative... |
| Partner Organisations or Research Institutions involved | Ministry of Health Cambodia Royal Veterinary Collage, University of London |
| Approximate project duration | 2020-2022 |
