The new WHO Roadmap for Neglected Tropical Diseases targets the global elimination of
schistosomiasis as a public health problem. To date, control strategies have focused on …

We conducted a global review on the use of lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) to
assess health care services, health behaviors, and disease burden. Publications and reports …

Monitoring post-control transmission of schistosomes by examining humans becomes less
effective as infection rates among humans decrease. Molecular monitoring of prepatent …

An evaluation of a commercially available antigen capture dipstick that detects schistosome
circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in urine was conducted in representative endemic areas …

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose significant public health challenges in many
countries of Southeast Asia (SEA). Overall, approximately one-third of the world's cases of …

The identification of disease hotspots is an increasingly important public health problem.
While geospatial modeling offers an opportunity to predict the locations of hotspots using …

A population-representative lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) survey was conducted in
2009 to determine the prevalence of intestinal helminth infections among schoolchildren …

Rapid and accurate identification of communities at highest risk of morbidity from
schistosomiasis is key for sustainable control. Although school questionnaires can …

The inadequacy of current diagnostics for the detection of low worm burdens in humans
means that schistosomiasis mansoni is more widespread than previously acknowledged …

Background A national mapping of Schistosoma haematobium was conducted in Sierra
Leone before the mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel. Together with the …