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Anderson, RM

Dunn, JC

Tun, A

Turner, HC

Parasites & Vectors

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Julia Dunn (829425)

Hugo Turner (3485318)

Aung Tun (3583535)

Roy Anderson (553232)

The Francis Crick Institute

Additional file 1: of Epidemiological surveys of, and research on, soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

Julia C. Dunn

Hugo C. Turner

Aung Tun

Roy M. Anderson

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Epidemiological surveys of, and research on, soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

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Additional file 2: of Epidemiological surveys of, and research on, soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections of humans fall within the World Health Organization’s (WHO) grouping termed the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). It is estimated that they affect approximately 1.4 billion people worldwide. A significant proportion of these infections are in the population of Southeast Asia. This review analyses published data on STH prevalence and intensity in Southeast Asia over the time period of 1900 to the present to describe age related patterns in these epidemiological measures. This is with a focus on the four major parasite species affecting humans; namely Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the hookworms; Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale. Data were also collected on the diagnostic methods used in the published surveys and how the studies were designed to facilitate comparative analyses of recorded patterns and changes therein over time. PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the Global Atlas of Helminth Infections search engines were used to identify studies on STH in Southeast Asia with the search based on the major key words, and variants on, “soil-transmitted helminth” “Ascaris” “Trichuris” “hookworm” and the country name. A total of 280 studies satisfied the inclusion criteria from 11 Southeast Asian countries; Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. It was concluded that the epidemiological patterns of STH infection by age and species mix in Southeast Asia are similar to those reported in other parts of the world. In the published studies there were a large number of different diagnostic methods used with differing sensitivities and specificities, which makes comparison of the results both within and between countries difficult. There is a clear requirement to standardise the methods of both STH diagnosis in faecal material and how the intensity of infection is recorded and reported in future STH research and in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the impact of continuing and expanding mass drug administration (MDA) programmes

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Additional file 3: of Epidemiological surveys of, and research on, soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

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