Parasite elimination programs: home and away

Prociv, Paul; Garrow, Stuart C; McCarthy, James S

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04805.x

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To the Editor: The recent editorial by McCarthy and Garrow1 eloquently articulates a case for a coordinated national approach to controlling parasite infections in Aboriginal populations, based predominantly on the authors' experience with chemotherapeutic intervention in one remote community in Western Australia.

Correspondence: p.prociv@mailbox.uq.edu.au

1. McCarthy JS, Garrow SC. Parasite elimination programs: home and away [editorial]. Med J Aust 2002; 176: 456-457 <MJA full text>
2. Prociv P, Luke R. The changing epidemiology of human hookworm infections in Australia. Med J Aust 1995; 162: 150-154.
3. Prociv P, Luke RL. Evidence for larval hypobiosis in Australian strains of Ancylostoma duodenale. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1995; 89: 379.
4. Boreham PFL, Marks NM. Human filariasis in Australia: introduction, investigation and elimination. Proc R Soc Qld 1986; 97: 23-52.

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