Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most prevalent of chronic human
infections worldwide. Based on the demonstrable impact on child development, there is a …

Spatial epidemiology is the study of spatial variation in disease risk or incidence. Several
ecological processes can result in strong spatial patterns of such risk or incidence: for …

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …

Background Loiasis is a major obstacle to ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis control
and lymphatic filariasis elimination in central Africa. In communities with a high level of …

Epidemiologists are adopting new remote sensing techniques to study a variety of vector-
borne diseases. Associations between satellite-derived environmental variables such as …

Recent advances allow harnessing enormous stores of biological and environmental data to
model species niches and geographic distributions. Natural history museums hold …

Diagnostic tools appropriate for undertaking interventions to control helminth infections are
key to their success. Many diagnostic tests for helminth infection have unsatisfactory …

Onchocerciasis is a filarial infection which causes blindness and debilitating skin lesions.
The disease occurs in 37 countries, of which 30 are found in Africa (the most affected in …

This review summarizes the progress towards control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) and
onchocerciasis, focussing on the impact of mass drug administration (MDA) programmes, in …

Remote sensing, geographical information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis provide
important tools that are as yet under-exploited in the fight against disease. As the use of …