Soil surveillance for monitoring soil-transmitted helminths: Method development and field testing in three countries
Soil surveillance for STH has several benefits over stool-based surveillance, including lower cost and higher success rates for sample collection. Considering that delivery of MDA occurs at the community level, environmental surveillance using molecular methods could be a cost-effective alternate strategy for monitoring STH in these populations.
Authors
- Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3263-3457)
- Allison R. Sirois
- Malathi Manuel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-9721)
- Sylvie Araka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5367-8531)
- Benard Chieng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-5720)
- Nils Pilotte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8447-7425)
- Rajeshkumar Rajendiran
- Sammy M. Njenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-476X)
- Michael D. Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-819X)
- Judd L. Walson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-720X)
- William E. Oswald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5287-2834)
- Amy J. Pickering (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6193-2221)
- Adrian J. F. Luty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8830-3425)
- Steven A. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-7496)
- Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5310-1516)
- Moudachirou Ibikounlé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3517-1729)
- Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-6880)
- Heather K. Amato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0501-0756)
- Maya Nadimpalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-116X)
- Joël Edoux Eric Siko
- Sean R. Galagan
- Parfait Houngbégnon
- Joel Thamburaj
- Sitara S. R. Ajjampur
- Gretchen Walch
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- RTI International (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Smith College (US)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Mère et enfant en milieu tropical : pathogènes, système de santé et transition épidémiologique (FR)
- Université d'Abomey-Calavi (BJ)
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) (US)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- Quinnipiac University (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2024-09-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012416
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.64
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- National Institutes of Health