ArticleParasites & vectors2017
The past matters: estimating intrinsic hookworm transmission intensity in areas with past mass drug administration to control lymphatic filariasis.
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- A systematic review of mathematical models for soil-transmitted helminthiasis control strategies.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
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- Community-level epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths in the context of school-based deworming: Baseline results of a cluster randomised trial on the coast of Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Trial
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene in soil-transmitted helminth control: A scoping review of evidence gaps across transmission pathways.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Optimal control strategies supported by system dynamics modelling: a study on hookworm disease in China.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Baseline patterns of infection in regions of Benin, Malawi and India seeking to interrupt transmission of soil transmitted helminths (STH) in the DeWorm3 trial.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Impact of annual and semi-annual mass drug administration for Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis on Hookworm Infection in Côte d'Ivoire.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Heterogeneity in transmission parameters of hookworm infection within the baseline data from the TUMIKIA study in Kenya.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- The design of schistosomiasis monitoring and evaluation programmes: The importance of collecting adult data to inform treatment strategies for Schistosoma mansoni.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Defining stopping criteria for ending randomized clinical trials that investigate the interruption of transmission of soil-transmitted helminths employing mass drug administration.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Are We on Our Way to Achieving the 2020 Goals for Schistosomiasis Morbidity Control Using Current World Health Organization Guidelines?Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Article
- Testing for soil-transmitted helminth transmission elimination: Analysing the impact of the sensitivity of different diagnostic tools.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Prospects for elimination of soil-transmitted helminths.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2017Review
- Identifying optimal threshold statistics for elimination of hookworm using a stochastic simulation model.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
- Assessing the interruption of the transmission of human helminths with mass drug administration alone: optimizing the design of cluster randomized trials.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent WHO guidelines for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control focus on mass drug administration (MDA) targeting preschool-aged (pre-SAC) and school-aged children (SAC), with the goal of eliminating STH as a public health problem amongst children. Recently, attention and funding has turned towards the question whether MDA alone can result in the interruption of transmission for STH. The lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programme, have been successful in reaching whole communities. There is the possibility of building upon the infrastructure created for these LF-programmes to enhance the control of STH. Using hookworm as an example, we explore what further MDA coverage might be required to induce interruption of transmission for hookworm in the wake of a successful LF programme.
resultsAnalyses based on the model of STH transmission and MDA impact predict the effects of previous LF control by MDA over five years, on a defined baseline prevalence of STH in an area with a defined transmission intensity (the basic reproductive number R
conclusionTo design the optimal MDA intervention to eliminate STH infections, it is vital to have information on historical MDA programmes and baseline prevalence to estimate the intrinsic transmission intensity for the defined setting (R
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