ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases2015
The Case for Mass Treatment of Intestinal Helminths in Endemic Areas.
Review in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Complexities and Perplexities: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection-Related Morbidity.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Pooled it
- Effect of Deworming on Indices of Health, Cognition, and Education Among Schoolchildren in Rural China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Trial
- Modeling the Interruption of the Transmission of Soil-Transmitted Helminths Infections in Kenya: Modeling Deworming, Water, and Sanitation Impacts.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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- Efficacy and safety of ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in school-aged children and adults infected with Trichuris trichiura: study protocol for a multi-country randomized controlled double-blind trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- A Case for Using Genomics and a Bioinformatics Pipeline to Develop Sensitive and Species-Specific PCR-Based Diagnostics for Soil-Transmitted Helminths.Frontiers in genetics · 2019Review
- Deworming in pre-school age children: A global empirical analysis of health outcomes.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- The Global State of Helminth Control and Elimination in Children.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2017Review
- The cross-cutting contribution of the end of neglected tropical diseases to the sustainable development goals.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Review
- A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2017Review
- A life without worms.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2017Review
- Missing the Mark? A Two Time Point Cohort Study Estimating Intestinal Parasite Prevalence in Informal Settlements in Lima, Peru.Global pediatric health · 2017Article
- Prevalence of intestinal parasites in referred individuals to the medical centers of Tonekabon city, Mazandaran province.Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2016Article
- The impact of mass deworming programmes on schooling and economic development: an appraisal of long-term studies.International journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Successful Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in School Age Children in Burkina Faso and an Example of Community-Based Assessment via Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission Assessment Survey.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
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- Don't Shoot the Messenger.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Article
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Abstract
Two articles published earlier this year in the International Journal of Epidemiology [1,2] have re-ignited the debate over the World Health Organization's long-held recommendation of mass-treatment of intestinal helminths in endemic areas. In this note, we discuss the content and relevance of these articles to the policy debate, and review the broader research literature on the educational and economic impacts of deworming. We conclude that existing evidence still indicates that mass deworming is a cost-effective health investment for governments in low-income countries where worm infections are widespread.
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