ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2019
Mapping Soil-Transmitted Helminth Parasite Infection in Rwanda: Estimating Endemicity and Identifying At-Risk Populations.
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11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
Eugene RuberanzizaNeglected Tropical Diseases and Other Parasitic Diseases Unit, Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda. ruberanzizaeugene@gmail.com.
Kei OwadaUQ Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory, School of Veterinary Science, the University of Queensland, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia. k.owada@uq.edu.au.
Nicholas J ClarkUQ Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory, School of Veterinary Science, the University of Queensland, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia. nicholas.j.clark1214@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7131-3301
Irenee UmulisaNeglected Tropical Diseases and Other Parasitic Diseases Unit, Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda. umulisa5@gmail.com.
Giuseppina OrtuSchistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK. giuseppina_ortu@outlook.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9234-756X
Warren LancasterThe END Fund, New York, NY 10016, USA. wlancaster@end.org.
Tharcisse MunyanezaMicrobiology Unit, National Reference Laboratory (NRL) Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda. rukabutha@yahoo.com.
Aimable MbituyumuremyiMalaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda. aimable.mbituyumuremyi@rbc.gov.rw.
Ursin BayisengeNeglected Tropical Diseases and Other Parasitic Diseases Unit, Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda. bayursin@gmail.com.
Alan FenwickSchistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK. a.fenwick@imperial.ac.uk.
Ricardo J Soares MagalhãesUQ Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory, School of Veterinary Science, the University of Queensland, Gatton 4343, Queensland, Australia. r.magalhaes@uq.edu.au.
Rwanda Biomedical Center · RWThe University of Queensland · AUImperial College London · GB
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Abstract
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are globally distributed intestinal parasite infections caused by
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Ascaris lumbricoideshookwormRwandasoil-transmitted helminthspatial epidemiologyTrichuris trichiura
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