リンパ性フィラリア症とオンコサーキアシスです
Mark J Taylor1, Achim Hoerauf, Moses Bockarie
1Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. mark.taylor@liv.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|August 27, 2010
まとめ
リンパ性フィラリア症とオンコサーキアシスは,公衆衛生に影響を与える熱帯寄生虫疾患です. シンビオティックなWolbachiaバクテリアを標的としたドキシサイクリンや他の薬は,これらの衰弱させるヘルミンツ感染症の治療に有望であることが示されています.
科学分野:
- 寄生虫学とは,寄生虫学である.
- トロピカル・メディシン (熱帯医学)
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- リンパ性フィラリア症とオンコサーキアシスは,フィラリア nematodesによって引き起こされる主要な熱帯寄生虫疾患です.
- これらの感染症は,リンパ腫,ゾウ病,皮膚疾患,失明などの慢性疾患につながる.
- フィラリア nematodesは,生存と病原性のために共生的なWolbachia細菌に依存しています.
研究 の 目的:
- リンパ性フィラリア症およびオンコサーキアシスの病原性と治療法を検討する.
- 病気におけるウォルバキア菌の役割と,治療目標としての役割を強調する.
- 現在の薬物治療と世界的な制御戦略について議論する.
主な方法:
- フィラリア疾患とその治療に関する科学文献のレビュー.
- ネマトード生物学と病原性におけるウォルバキアエンドシンビオントの役割の分析.
- ドキシサイクリン,ダイエチルカルバマジン,イヴァルメクチン,アルベンダゾールを含む現在の薬物療法の概要.
主要な成果:
- ウォルバキア菌は,フィラリア性ネマトードの生存に不可欠であり,炎症病理に寄与する.
- ドキシサイクリン療法は,Wolbachiaを標的とし,マクロフィラリシド活性を示し,アウトカムを改善します.
- ディエチルカルバマジン,イヴェルメクチン,アルベンダゾールとの併用治療は,マイクロフィラリアを減らすために使用されます.
結論:
- ウォルバキアを標的とした治療,特にドキシサイクリンは,リンパ性フィラリア症とオンコサーキアシスの治療に有望なアプローチを提供します.
- グローバルなプログラムを通じて持続的な薬物投与は,これらの病気の伝播を中断し,排除するために不可欠です.
- 統合された治療戦略は,これらの見捨てられた熱帯病の公衆衛生上の負担を管理するために不可欠です.
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