The impact of multiple infections and community knowledge on engagement with a historical deworming programme: hookworm and <i>Ascaris</i> in Jamaica, 1913–1936
Knowledge of Ascaris and other helminths directly shaped engagement with hookworm treatment, demonstrating how folk medical knowledge, grounded in the biology of the worms, aided a biomedical public health program.
Authors
- Lorna Waddington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-1717)
- Jonathan David Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4092-1491)
- Alison M. Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-1077)
- Rupert J. Quinnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1557-7745)
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Leeds Arts University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf010
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Leverhulme Trust
- University of Leeds
- Bangor University