Table 4.

Gaps of control capacity and diagnostic/drug development presented in total 4 consultation meetings

Diseases	No.	Gap from consultation
Malaria	1	Need new diagnosis method for asymptomatic patients
	2	Need innovative and safer drugs
	3	Lack of techniques to distinguish abroad-imported cases from indigenous cases
	4	Difficulty in finding asymptomatic patients
	5	Need new surveillance system for pre-elimination period
	6	More focus on the continuously increasing imported cases
Schistosomiasis japonica	1	Need higher sensitive antigen testing
	2	Need new drug which can prevent reinfection
	3	Need new molluscicide with less negative impact on the environment and biodiversity
	4	Difficulty in testing for a moving population
	5	Need innovative surveillance-response approaches system
	6	Difficulty in controlling for more than 40 hosts
Echinococcosis	1	Need effective drug for short-term treatment
	2	Need financial support for hygiene and sanitation in epidemic areas
	3	Need long-acting antihelmintic implants or drugs to control dog infection
	4	Need effective vaccine for people in epidemic areas
	5	Need more sensitive serological test for field survey
	6	Control of the wildlife transmission cycles of E multilocularis is difficult