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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 10, Pages 1137-1144Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.04.004
Keywords
Intestinal nematodes; Burden of disease; Global distribution; Prevalence; Morbidity; Mortality; Mapping
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- Wellcome Trust [081673]
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Intestinal nematode infections are among the most common infections of humans in developing countries, but precise estimates of the populations at risk of infection, morbidity and mortality are difficult to derive. Careful evaluation of the global distribution and disease burden of nematodes is essential to determine the cost-effectiveness of control and ensure that control programmes are focused appropriately. In turn, understanding the disease burden depends on a summary measure of health as well as reliable data on risks of infection, morbidity and mortality. This review provides an overview of data sources and methods adopted in the Global Burden of Disease study to estimate the burden of intestinal nematodes, including the empirical and modelling challenges in its estimation. Particular attention is paid to efforts to improve our ability to define at-risk populations, based on a Global Atlas of Helminth Infection, and to better estimate attributable morbidity. (C) 2010 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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