{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,6]],"date-time":"2026-10-06T13:13:30Z","timestamp":1791292410540,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":37,"publisher":"Public Library of Science (PLoS)","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,18]],"date-time":"2018-01-18T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1516233600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"funder":[{"name":"Fulbright Scholar Program"},{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100009053","name":"Wellcome Trust\/DBT India Alliance","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","award":["Early Career Fellowship (Grant number: IA\/E\/12\/1\/500750)"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["Early Career Fellowship (Grant number: IA\/E\/12\/1\/500750)"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100009053","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"crossref"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["www.plosntds.org"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["PLoS Negl Trop Dis"],"DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0006153","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,18]],"date-time":"2018-01-18T13:28:47Z","timestamp":1516282127000},"page":"e0006153","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":92,"title":["Geographical distribution of soil transmitted helminths and the effects of community type in South Asia and South East Asia \u2013 A systematic review"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Zachary A.","family":"Silver","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saravanakumar P.","family":"Kaliappan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Prasanna","family":"Samuel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Srinivasan","family":"Venugopal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gagandeep","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rajiv","family":"Sarkar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3419-6577","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sitara S. R.","family":"Ajjampur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,18]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1224","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0001224","article-title":"Central Asia&apos;s hidden burden of neglected tropical diseases","volume":"5","author":"PJ Hotez","year":"2011","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"37","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-7-37","article-title":"Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010","volume":"7","author":"RL Pullan","year":"2014","journal-title":"Parasites & vectors"},{"issue":"7326","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1389","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.323.7326.1389","article-title":"Effects of iron supplementation and anthelmintic treatment on motor and language development of preschool children in Zanzibar: double blind, placebo controlled study","volume":"323","author":"RJ Stoltzfus","year":"2001","journal-title":"BMJ (Clinical research ed)"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref4","first-page":"19","article-title":"Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of albendazole in improving nutritional status of pre-school children in urban slums","volume":"37","author":"S Awasthi","year":"2000","journal-title":"Indian pediatrics"},{"issue":"7","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e2912","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0002912","article-title":"Blood drain: soil-transmitted helminths and anemia in pregnant women","volume":"8","author":"TW Gyorkos","year":"2014","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"issue":"9","key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e291","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0000291","article-title":"Hookworm-related anaemia among pregnant women: a systematic review","volume":"2","author":"S Brooker","year":"2008","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"issue":"2","key":"ref7","first-page":"314","article-title":"Intestinal helminthiasis in relation to height and weight of early primary school children in northeastern peninsular Malaysia","volume":"28","author":"S Mahendra Raj","year":"1997","journal-title":"The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0005289","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0005289","article-title":"The Socioeconomic Benefit to Individuals of Achieving the 2020 Targets for Five Preventive Chemotherapy Neglected Tropical Diseases","volume":"11","author":"WK Redekop","year":"2017","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"key":"ref9","year":"2012"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref10","first-page":"24","article-title":"Mapping soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia and implications for parasite control","volume":"34","author":"S Brooker","year":"2003","journal-title":"The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health"},{"issue":"3","key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1001620","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.1001620","article-title":"Water, sanitation, hygiene, and soil-transmitted helminth infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"11","author":"EC Strunz","year":"2014","journal-title":"PLoS medicine"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref12","first-page":"76","article-title":"Prevalence &amp; risk factors for soil transmitted helminth infection among school children in south India","volume":"139","author":"D Kattula","year":"2014","journal-title":"The Indian journal of medical research"},{"issue":"4","key":"ref13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"381","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.2000.11813553","article-title":"Urban\/rural differences in prevalence and risk factors for intestinal helminth infection in southern Malawi","volume":"94","author":"K Phiri","year":"2000","journal-title":"Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology"},{"issue":"5","key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e681","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0000681","article-title":"Patterns and risk factors of helminthiasis and anemia in a rural and a peri-urban community in Zanzibar, in the context of helminth control programs","volume":"4","author":"S Knopp","year":"2010","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"issue":"16","key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1937","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.299.16.1937","article-title":"Efficacy of current drugs against soil-transmitted helminth infections: systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"299","author":"J Keiser","year":"2008","journal-title":"Jama"},{"issue":"5","key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1621","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0001621","article-title":"Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"6","author":"TW Jia","year":"2012","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"key":"ref17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"b2700","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.b2700","article-title":"The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration","volume":"339","author":"A Liberati","year":"2009","journal-title":"BMJ (Clinical research ed)"},{"issue":"7414","key":"ref18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"557","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.327.7414.557","article-title":"Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses","volume":"327","author":"JP Higgins","year":"2003","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"ref19","year":"2008"},{"key":"ref20","unstructured":"NTDs UtC. London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012 [cited 2017 January 24]. Available from: <ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/unitingtocombatntds.org\/resource\/london-declaration\" xlink:type=\"simple\">http:\/\/unitingtocombatntds.org\/resource\/london-declaration<\/ext-link>."},{"issue":"6","key":"ref21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"507","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(13)70071-9","article-title":"Soil-transmitted helminth infection in South America: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis","volume":"13","author":"F Chammartin","year":"2013","journal-title":"The Lancet Infectious diseases"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"74","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(14)71004-7","article-title":"Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis","volume":"15","author":"DA Karagiannis-Voules","year":"2015","journal-title":"The Lancet Infectious diseases"},{"issue":"2","key":"ref23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"181","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1996.11813042","article-title":"The distribution of common intestinal nematodes along an altitudinal transect in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa","volume":"90","author":"CC Appleton","year":"1996","journal-title":"Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology"},{"issue":"8","key":"ref24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"859","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1999.11813493","article-title":"The distribution of helminth infections along the coastal plain of Kwazulu-Natal province, South Africa","volume":"93","author":"CC Appleton","year":"1999","journal-title":"Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology"},{"issue":"8","key":"ref25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"722","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-3156.2003.01086.x","article-title":"The effect of soil type and climate on hookworm (Necator americanus) distribution in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa","volume":"8","author":"ML Mabaso","year":"2003","journal-title":"Tropical medicine & international health: TM & IH"},{"key":"ref26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-5-81","article-title":"The global limits and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections in 2010","volume":"5","author":"RL Pullan","year":"2012","journal-title":"Parasites & vectors"},{"issue":"Suppl 1","key":"ref27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S12","DOI":"10.1016\/j.actatropica.2011.02.010","article-title":"Soil-transmitted helminth and other intestinal parasitic infections among school children in indigenous people communities in Davao del Norte, Philippines","volume":"120","author":"VY Belizario Jr.","year":"2011","journal-title":"Acta tropica"},{"key":"ref28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"551","DOI":"10.1186\/s13071-015-1135-4","article-title":"What impact will the achievement of the current World Health Organisation targets for anthelmintic treatment coverage in children have on the intensity of soil transmitted helminth infections?","volume":"8","author":"JE Truscott","year":"2015","journal-title":"Parasit Vectors"},{"issue":"12","key":"ref29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e3323","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0003323","article-title":"Modeling the interruption of the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths by repeated mass chemotherapy of school-age children","volume":"8","author":"J Truscott","year":"2014","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"issue":"10","key":"ref30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1137","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijpara.2010.04.004","article-title":"Estimating the global distribution and disease burden of intestinal nematode infections: adding up the numbers\u2014a review","volume":"40","author":"S Brooker","year":"2010","journal-title":"International journal for parasitology"},{"key":"ref31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"31","DOI":"10.1186\/s13071-016-1310-2","article-title":"Epidemiological surveys of, and research on, soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia: a systematic review","volume":"9","author":"JC Dunn","year":"2016","journal-title":"Parasites & vectors"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"70","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-3156.1998.00175.x","article-title":"Prevalence of intestinal parasites in rural Southern Indians","volume":"3","author":"G Kang","year":"1998","journal-title":"Tropical medicine & international health: TM & IH"},{"key":"ref33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/S0065-308X(08)60561-8","article-title":"Helminth infections of humans: mathematical models, population dynamics, and control","volume":"24","author":"RM Anderson","year":"1985","journal-title":"Advances in parasitology"},{"issue":"11","key":"ref34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"537","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pt.2004.08.012","article-title":"Evaluating the epidemiological impact of national control programmes for helminths","volume":"20","author":"S Brooker","year":"2004","journal-title":"Trends in parasitology"},{"issue":"20","key":"ref35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3686","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vaccine.2011.03.026","article-title":"Selection and quantification of infection endpoints for trials of vaccines against intestinal helminths","volume":"29","author":"N Alexander","year":"2011","journal-title":"Vaccine"},{"issue":"8","key":"ref36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0003897","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0003897","article-title":"Should the Goal for the Treatment of Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections Be Changed from Morbidity Control in Children to Community-Wide Transmission Elimination?","volume":"9","author":"RM Anderson","year":"2015","journal-title":"PLoS neglected tropical diseases"},{"issue":"9521","key":"ref37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1521","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(06)68653-4","article-title":"Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm","volume":"367","author":"J Bethony","year":"2006","journal-title":"Lancet (London, England)"}],"container-title":["PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.0006153","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,23]],"date-time":"2018-10-23T17:54:33Z","timestamp":1540317273000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.0006153"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"given":"Nilanthi","family":"de Silva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"editor"}]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,18]]},"references-count":37,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,18]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pntd.0006153","relation":{},"ISSN":["1935-2735"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1935-2735","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,18]]}}}