Risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infection and estimated number of infected people in South Asia: A systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical Analysis.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Ying-Si Lai, Patricia Biedermann, Akina Shrestha, Frédérique Chammartin, Natacha À Porta, Antonio Montresor, Nerges F Mistry, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Isi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007580; https://doaj.org/article/5177ba85dd9f435aa847e4cb1e6eabdf

Background In South Asia, hundreds of millions of people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura). However, high-resolution risk profiles and the estimated number of people infected have yet to be determined. In turn, such information wil...