Targeted Screening for Taenia Solium Tapeworms

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether screening and treatment of tapeworm carriers can decrease community transmission of Taenia solium parasitic infection.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
• Collaborators: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS); National University of San Marcos, Peru; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Treatments: Niclosamide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All community members are eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to provide informed consent