Vector-borne helminthiases: a road map for current and future research to support control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa

Joseph Kamgno; Monsuru Adeleke; María Gloria Basáñez; Yaya Coulibaly; Dziedzom K. de Souza; Linda Batsa Debrah; Alexander Yaw Debrah; Peter J. Diggle; Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga; André Domché; Katherine Gass; Achim Hoerauf; Adrian Hopkins; Amy Klion; Charles D. Mackenzie; Upendo Mwingira; Sammy M. Njenga; Thomas B. Nutman; Philippe Nwane; Wilma A. Stolk; Thomas R. Unnasch; Louise A. Kelly-Hope

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00084-2

Vector-borne helminthiases: a road map for current and future research to support control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa

Joseph Kamgno
, Monsuru Adeleke
, María Gloria Basáñez
, Yaya Coulibaly
, Dziedzom K. de Souza
, Linda Batsa Debrah
, Alexander Yaw Debrah
, Peter J. Diggle
, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga
, André Domché
, Katherine Gass
, Achim Hoerauf
, Adrian Hopkins
, Amy Klion
, Charles D. Mackenzie
, Upendo Mwingira
, Sammy M. Njenga
, Thomas B. Nutman
, Philippe Nwane
, Wilma A. Stolk

Thomas R. Unnasch, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

Higher Institute for Scientific and Medical Research
Université de Yaoundé I
Osun State University
Imperial College London
Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako
University of Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Lancaster University
The Task Force for Global Health
University of Bonn
Neglected and Disabling diseases of Poverty Consultant
National Institutes of Health
The END Fund
RTI International
National Institute for Medical Research Tanzania
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Erasmus University Rotterdam
University of South Florida
University of Liverpool

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Abstract

This Commission focuses on the vector-borne helminthiases onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, loiasis, and mansonellosis, which are widely endemic across large and diverse landscapes in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting populations in some of the lowest-income countries. Onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis have long been recognised and prioritised as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with well established global elimination programmes, and are targeted for elimination as part of the WHO NTD road map for 2021–30. In contrast, loiasis and mansonellosis have largely been neglected, are not listed as NTDs, and have no large-scale control programmes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e555-e604
Journal	The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Volume	25
Issue number	10
Early online date	18 Jun 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00084-2
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 Jun 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Kamgno, J., Adeleke, M., Basáñez, M. G., Coulibaly, Y., de Souza, D. K., Debrah, L. B., Debrah, A. Y., Diggle, P. J., Nana-Djeunga, H. C., Domché, A., Gass, K., Hoerauf, A., Hopkins, A., Klion, A., Mackenzie, C. D., Mwingira, U., Njenga, S. M., Nutman, T. B., Nwane, P., ... Kelly-Hope, L. A. (2025). Vector-borne helminthiases: a road map for current and future research to support control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25(10), e555-e604. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00084-2

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Vector-borne helminthiases: a road map for current and future research to support control and elimination in sub-Saharan Africa

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