Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2012 Feb;10(2):237-42. doi: 10.1586/eri.11.165.
Preventive chemotherapy is the public health strategy recommended by the WHO against a set of neglected tropical diseases that includes four groups of helminth infections (lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis) and one chlamydial (trachoma) infection. This article presents the characteristics of preventive chemotherapy interventions directed against each disease targeted by this strategy and provides an update on the status of their implementation worldwide.
预防化疗是世界卫生组织推荐的公共卫生策略，针对一组被忽视的热带病，包括四类蠕虫感染（淋巴丝虫病、盘尾丝虫病、血吸虫病和土源性蠕虫感染）和一种衣原体（沙眼）感染。本文介绍了针对该策略针对的每种疾病的预防化疗干预措施的特点，并提供了全球实施情况的最新信息。
