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Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List

by
Meruyert Beknazarova
1,*,
Harriet Whiley
1,
Jenni A. Judd
2,
Jennifer Shield
3,
Wendy Page
4,5,
Adrian Miller
6,
Maxine Whittaker
7 and
Kirstin Ross
1
1
College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia
2
School of Health Medical and Applied Sciences, Centre of Indigenous Health Equity Research, Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, QLD 4670, Australia
3
Department of Pharmacy and Applied Science, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia
4
Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Nhulunbuy, NT 0881, Australia
5
Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia
6
Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
7
College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
*
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Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3(2), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3020061
Received: 7 May 2018 / Revised: 23 May 2018 / Accepted: 31 May 2018 / Published: 5 June 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control of Communicable Diseases in Human and in Animal Populations: 70th Anniversary Year of the Birth of Professor Rick Speare (2 August 1947 – 5 June 2016))
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Abstract

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. View Full-Text
Keywords: strongyloidiasis; Strongyloides stercoralis; notifiable; Australia strongyloidiasis; Strongyloides stercoralis; notifiable; Australia
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Beknazarova, M.; Whiley, H.; Judd, J.A.; Shield, J.; Page, W.; Miller, A.; Whittaker, M.; Ross, K. Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3020061

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Beknazarova M, Whiley H, Judd JA, Shield J, Page W, Miller A, Whittaker M, Ross K. Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018; 3(2):61. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3020061

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Beknazarova, Meruyert, Harriet Whiley, Jenni A. Judd, Jennifer Shield, Wendy Page, Adrian Miller, Maxine Whittaker, and Kirstin Ross. 2018. "Argument for Inclusion of Strongyloidiasis in the Australian National Notifiable Disease List" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 3, no. 2: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3020061

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