ReviewActa tropica2015
Health metrics for helminth infections.
Review in Acta tropica, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Economic evaluations of onchocerciasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2019Pooled it
- Cost and cost-effectiveness of soil-transmitted helminth treatment programmes: systematic review and research needs.Parasites & vectors · 2015Pooled it
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- Coverage validation survey of preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis in interruption of transmission districts of Ethiopia, 2025.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Article
- Altered purinergic P2X7 and ABiomedical journal · 2024Article
- A simple parasitological technique to increase detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in Bolivian primary health care system.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Natural Products Are a Promising Source for Anthelmintic Drug Discovery.Biomolecules · 2021Review
- Are current preventive chemotherapy strategies for controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases cost-effective?BMJ global health · 2021Review
- An Introduction to the Main Types of Economic Evaluations Used for Informing Priority Setting and Resource Allocation in Healthcare: Key Features, Uses, and Limitations.Frontiers in public health · 2021Review
- Development of a New LAMP Assay for the Detection ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Quality of Life Assessment Among Patients Living With Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis and Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathy.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- The Functional Parasitic Worm Secretome: Mapping the Place ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Clinical helminthiases in Thailand border regions show elevated prevalence levels using qPCR diagnostics combined with traditional microscopic methods.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Evaluation of morbidity in Schistosoma mansoni-positive primary and secondary school children after four years of mass drug administration of praziquantel in western Kenya.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Article
- Gene drives for schistosomiasis transmission control.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Review
- Recombinant Sj16 protein with novel activity alleviates hepatic granulomatous inflammation and fibrosis induced by Schistosoma japonicum associated with M2 macrophages in a mouse model.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- A Search for Snail-Related Answers to Explain Differences in Response ofThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- Health-related quality of life in patients with alveolar echinococcosis: a cross-sectional study.Infection · 2019Article
- A secreted schistosome cathepsin B1 cysteine protease and acute schistosome infection induce a transient T helper 17 response.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Health, financial, and education gains of investing in preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases, and lymphatic filariasis in Madagascar: A modeling study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
Health metrics based on health-adjusted life years have become standard units for comparing the disease burden and treatment benefits of individual health conditions. The Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) and the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) are the most frequently used in cost-effect analyses in national and global health policy discussions for allocation of health care resources. While sometimes useful, both the DALY and QALY metrics have limitations in their ability to capture the full health impact of helminth infections and other 'neglected tropical diseases' (NTDs). Gaps in current knowledge of disease burden are identified, and interim approaches to disease burden assessment are discussed.
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