Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-84

  Karagiannis Voules, Dimitrios Alexios ^a,b   Biedermann, Patricia ^a,b   Ekpo, Uwem F ^c   Garba, Amadou ^d   Langer, Erika ^a,b   Mathieu, Els ^e   Midzi, Nicholas ^f   Mwinzi, Pauline ^g   Polderman, Anton M ^h   Raso, Giovanna ^a,b   Sacko, Moussa ⁱ   Talla, Idrissa ^j   Tchuenté, Louis Albert Tchuem ^k,l   Touré, Seydou ^m   Winkler, Mirko S ^a,b   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d Réseau International Schistosomiases Environnement Aménagements et Lutte ^*  (Niger)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

^j Direction de la Lutte contre la Maladie Ministère de la Santé   (Senegal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^l Center for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology   (Cameroon)

^m MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DRINKING WATER;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BAYESIAN LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOIL ORGANISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRICHURIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84917706857     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71004-7     Document Type: Article

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