Spatial heterogeneity of parasite co-infection: Determinants and geostatistical prediction at regional scales

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-597

  Brooker, Simon ^a,b   Clements, Archie C A ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian geostatistics; Control programmes; Helminths; Hookworm; Parasite co infection; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MODEL VALIDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TANZANIA; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TANZANIA; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; UGANDA;

EID: 59749085930     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Anderson R.M., and May R.M. Helminth infections of humans: mathematical models, population dynamics, and control. Adv. Parasitol. 24 (1985) 1-101
2. Ashford R.W., Craig P.S., and Oppenheimer S.J. Polyparasitism on the Kenyan coast. 1. Prevalence, and association between parasitic infections. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 86 (1992) 671-679
3. Benson T., Chamberlin J., and Rhinehart I. An investigation of the spatial determinants of the local prevalence of poverty in rural Malawi. Food Policy 30 (2005) 532-550
4. Booth M., Vounatsou P., N'goran E.K., Tanner M., and Utzinger J. The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm co-infections in rural Côte d'Ivoire. Parasitology 127 (2003) 525-531
5. Brooker S., and Michael E. The potential of geographical information systems and remote sensing in the epidemiology and control of human helminth infections. Adv. Parasitol. 47 (2000) 245-288
6. Brooker S., Miguel E.A., Moulin S., Waswa P., Namunyu R., Guyatt H., and Bundy D.A.P. The potential of rapid screening methods for Schistosoma mansoni in Western Kenya. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 95 (2001) 343-351
7. Brooker S., Kabatereine N.B., Tukahebwa E.M., and Kazibwe F. Spatial analysis of the distribution of intestinal nematode infections in Uganda. Epidemiol. Infect. 132 (2004) 1065-1071
8. Brooker S., Clements A.C.A., and Bundy DAP. Global epidemiology, ecology and control of soil-transmitted helminth infections. Adv. Parasitol. 62 (2006) 223-265
9. Brooker S., Clements A.C.A., Hotez P.J., Hay S.I., Tatem A.J., Bundy D.A.P., and Snow R.W. The co-distribution of Plasmodium falciparum and hookworm in African schoolchildren. Malaria J. 5 (2006) 99
10. Brooker S. Spatial epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in Africa: risk models, transmission dynamics and control. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 101 (2007) 1-8
11. Brooker S., Akhwale W., Pullan R., Estambale B., Clarke S.E., Snow R.W., and Hotez P.J. Epidemiology of Plasmodium-helminth co-infections in Africa: population at risk, potential impact on anemia and prospects for combined control. Am. J. Hyg. Trop. Med. 77 (2007) S88-S98
12. Brooker S., and Utzinger J. Integrated disease mapping in a polyparasitic world. Geospat. Health 1 (2007) 141-146
13. Bundy D.A.P., Chandiwana S.K., Homeida M.M.A., Yoon S., and Mott K.E. The epidemiological implications of a multiple-infection approach to the control of human helminth infections. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 85 (1991) 274-276
14. Bundy D.A.P., Shaeffer S., Jukes M., Beegle K., Gillespie A., Drake L., Frances Lee S.-h., Hoffman A.M., Jones J., Mitchell A., Wright C., Barcelona D., Camara B., Golmar C., Savioli L., Takeuchi T., and Sembene M. In: Jamison D., Breman J.G., Measham A.R., Alleyne G., Claeson M., Evans D.B., Jha P., Mills A., and Musgrove P. (Eds). Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2006), The World Bank and Oxford University, New York 1091-1108
15. Chunge R.N., Karumba P.N., and Andala E.O. Hookworm species in patients from Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 80 (1986) 147-148
16. Clements A.C.A., Moyeed R., and Brooker S. Bayesian geostatistical prediction of the intensity of infection with Schistosoma mansoni in East Africa. Parasitology 133 (2006) 711-719
17. Clements A.C.A., Lwambo N.J.S., Blair L., Nyandindi U., Kaatano G., Kinung'hi S., Webster J.P., Fenwick A., and Brooker S. Bayesian spatial analysis and disease mapping: tools to enhance planning and implementation of a schistosomiasis control programme in Tanzania. Trop. Med. Int. Health 11 (2006) 490-503
18. Clennon J.A., Mungai P.L., Muchiri E.M., King C.H., and Kitron U. Spatial and temporal variations in local transmission of Schistosoma haematobium in Msambweni, Kenya. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 75 (2006) 1034-1041
19. Clyde M., and George E.I. Model uncertainty. Stat. Sci. 19 (2004) 81-94
20. Cox F.E. Concomitant infections, parasites and immune responses. Parasitology 122 Suppl. (2001) S23-S38
21. Dacombe R.J., Crampin A.C., Floyd S., Randall A., Ndhlovu R., Bickle Q., and Fine P.E. Time delays between patient and laboratory selectively affect accuracy of helminth diagnosis. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 101 (2007) 140-145
22. Danson F.M., Giraudoux P., and Craig P.S. Spatial modelling and ecology of Echinococcus multilocularis transmission in China. Parasitol. Int. 55 Suppl (2006) S227-S231
23. Diggle P., Tawn J.A., and Moyeed R. Model-based geostatistics. Appl. Stat. 47 (1998) 299-350
24. Diggle P.J., Thomson M.C., Christensen O.F., Rowlingson B., Obsomer V., Gardon J., Wanji S., Takougang I., Enyong P., Kamgno J., Remme J.H., Boussinesq M., and Molyneux D.H. Spatial modelling and the prediction of Loa loa risk: decision making under uncertainty. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 101 (2007) 499-509
25. Fenn B., Morris S.S., and Black R.E. Comorbidity in childhood in northern Ghana: magnitude, associated factors, and impact on mortality. Int. J. Epidemiol. 34 (2005) 368-375
26. Gemperli A., Vounatsou P., Sogoba N., and Smith T. Malaria mapping using transmission models: application to survey data from Mali. Am. J. Epidemiol. 163 (2006) 289-297
27. Graham A.L. Ecological rules governing helminth-microparasite coinfection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105 (2008) 566-570
28. Hay S.I., Guerra C.A., Tatem A.J., Atkinson P.M., and Snow R.W. Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 3 (2005) 81-90
29. Hay S.I., Tatem A.J., Graham A.J., Goetz S.J., and Rogers D.J. Global environmental data for mapping infectious disease distribution. Adv. Parasitol. 62 (2006) 37-77
30. Hotez P.J., Molyneux D.H., Fenwick A., Kumaresan J., Sachs S.E., Sachs J.D., and Savioli L. Control of neglected tropical diseases. N. Engl. J. Med. 357 (2007) 1018-1027
31. Kabatereine N.B., Brooker S., Tukahebwa E.M., Kazibwe F., and Onapa A. Epidemiology and geography of Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda: implications for planning control. Trop. Med. Int. Health 9 (2004) 372-380
32. Koukounari A., Estambale B.B.A., Njagi J.K., Cundill B., Jukes M.J., Otido J., Clarke S.E., and Brooker S. Relationships between anaemia and parasitic infections in African schoolchildren: a Bayesian hierarchical modelling approach. Int. J. Parasitol. 36 (2008) 1663-1671
33. Kristjanson P., Radeny M., Baltenweck I., Ogutu J., and Notenbaert A. Livelihood mapping and poverty correlates at a meso-level in Kenya. Food Policy 30 (2005) 568-583
34. Mwangi T.W., Bethony J., and Brooker S. Worms and malaria interactions: an epidemiological viewpoint. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 100 (2006) 551-570
35. Noor A.M., Omumbo J.A., Amin A.A., Zurovac D., and Snow R.W. Wealth, mother's education and physical access as determinants of retail sector net use in rural Kenya. Malaria J. 5 (2006) 5
36. Petney T.N., and Andrews R.H. Multiparasite communities in animals and humans: frequency, structure and pathogenic significance. Int. J. Parsitol. 28 (1998) 377-393
37. Pullan R., and Brooker S. The health impact of polyparasitism in humans: are we under-estimating the burden of parasitic diseases?. Parasitology 135 (2008) 783-794
38. Raso G., Matthys B., N'Goran E.K., Tanner M., Vounatsou P., and Utzinger J. Spatial risk prediction and mapping of Schistosoma mansoni infections among schoolchildren living in western Côte d'Ivoire. Parasitology 131 (2005) 97-108
39. Raso G., Vounatsou P., Singer B.H., N'Goran E.K., Tanner M., and Utzinger J. An integrated approach for risk profiling and spatial prediction of Schistosoma mansoni-hookworm coinfection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103 (2006) 6934-6939
40. Raso G., Vounatsou P., McManus D.P., and Utzinger J. Bayesian risk maps for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm mono-infections in a setting where both parasites co-exist. Geospat. Health 2 (2007) 85-96
41. Richards Jr. F.O., Eigege A., Miri E.S., Jinadu M.Y., and Hopkins D.R. Integration of mass drug administration programmes in Nigeria: the challenge of schistosomiasis. Bull. World Health Organ. 84 (2006) 673-676
42. Riley S. Large-scale spatial-transmission models of infectious disease. Science 316 (2007) 1298-1301
43. Rodrigues A.L., Ruffiono-Netto A., and de Castilho E.A. Spatial distribution of M. Tuberculosis/HIV coinfection in São Paulo State, Brazil, 1991-2001. Rev. Saúde Pública 40 (2006) 1-6
44. Russell C.A., Smith D.L., Childs J.E., and Real L.A. Predictive spatial dynamics and strategic planning for raccoon rabies emergence in Ohio. PLoS Biol. 3 (2005) e88
45. Singer B.H., and Caldas de Castro M. Bridges to sustainable tropical health. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104 (2007) 16038-16043
46. Smith D.L., Dushoff J., Snow R.W., and Hay S.I. The entomological inoculation rate and Plasmodium falciparum infection in African children. Nature 438 (2005) 492-495
47. Sogoba N., Vounatsou P., Doumbia S., Bagayoko M., Touré M.B., Sissoko I.M., Traore S.F., Touré Y.T., and Smith T. Spatial analysis of malaria transmission parameters in the rice cultivation area of Office du Niger, Mali. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 76 (2007) 1009-1015
48. Stoltzfus R.J., Chwaya H.M., Tielsch J.M., Schulze K.J., Albonico M., and Savioli L. Epidemiology of iron deficiency in Zanzibari school children: the importance of hookworms. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 65 (1997) 153-159
49. Sturrock R.F. Hookworm studies in Uganda: investigations at Teboke in Lango District. East Afr. Med. J. 43 (1966) 430-438
50. Sturrock R.F. Hookworm studies in Tanganyika (Tanzania): investigations at Hombolo in the Dodoma region. East Afr. Med. J. 43 (1966) 315-322
51. Sturrock R.F. In: Jordan P., Webbe G., and Sturrock R.F. (Eds). Human Schistosomiasis (1993), CAB International, Wallingford 33-85
52. Woolhouse M.E., Dye C., Etard J.F., Smith T., Charlwood J.D., Garnett G.P., Hagan P., Hii J.L., Ndhlovu P.D., Quinnell R.J., Watts C.H., Chandiwana S.K., and Anderson R.M. Heterogeneities in the transmission of infectious agents: implications for the design of control programmes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 7 (1997) 338-342
53. de Vlas S.J., and Gryseels B. Underestimation of Schistosoma mansoni prevalences. Parasitol. Today 8 (1992) 274-277
54. WHO, 2007. Report of the first meeting of WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Neglected Tropical Diseases. WHO/CDS/NTD/2007.2. World Health Organization, Geneva.