Background Schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million individuals, mostly in sub-
Saharan Africa, but empirical estimates of the disease burden in this region are unavailable …

Chagas disease is a major public health problem in Brazil and Latin America. During the last
years, it has become an emerging problem in North America and Europe due to increasing …

Background Quantifying the burden of parasitic diseases in relation to other diseases and
injuries requires reliable estimates of prevalence for each disease and an analytic …

Background Interest is growing in predictive risk mapping for neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs), particularly to scale up preventive chemotherapy, surveillance, and elimination …

Background Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most prevalent
neglected tropical diseases (NTD) worldwide. Since the publication of the WHO road map to …

Background Intestinal protozoan parasites are major contributors to the global burden of
gastrointestinal disease causing significant socioeconomic consequences. Children living in …

土源性线虫病(蛔虫病, 鞭虫病和钩虫病) 曾在我国引起较高的疾病负担. 社会和经济的发展,
卫生厕所和安全饮用水的普及以及防控工作的开展促进了我国土源性线虫感染率和感染人数的 …

As a high-burden neglected tropical disease, soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections
remain a major problem in the world, especially among children under five years of age …

Background There is a lack of comprehensive national data on prevalence, geographical
distribution of different species, and temporal trends in soil-helminthiasis (STHs). Therefore …

Globally, about 1.5 billion people are infected with at least one species of soil-transmitted
helminth (STH). Soil is a critical environmental reservoir of STH, yet there is no standard …