A5005323463- Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Insects and Parasite Interactions
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2019-2022
University of Washington
2019-2022
Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease that can cause permanent disability through disruption of the lymphatic system. This caused by parasitic filarial worms are transmitted mosquitos. Mass drug administration (MDA) antihelmintics recommended WHO to eliminate as public health problem. study aims produce first geospatial estimates global prevalence infection over time, quantify progress towards elimination, and identify geographical variation in distribution infection.A dataset...
Abstract Background Onchocerciasis is a disease caused by infection with Onchocerca volvulus , which transmitted to humans via the bite of several species black fly, and responsible for permanent blindness or vision loss, as well severe skin disease. Predominantly endemic in parts Africa Yemen, preventive chemotherapy mass drug administration ivermectin primary intervention recommended elimination its transmission. Methods A dataset 18,116 geo-referenced prevalence survey datapoints was used...
Recent evidence suggests that, in some foci, elimination of onchocerciasis from Africa may be feasible with mass drug administration (MDA) ivermectin. To achieve continental transmission, mapping surveys will need to conducted across all implementation units (IUs) for which endemicity status is currently unknown. Using boosted regression tree models optimised hyperparameter selection, we estimated environmental suitability at the 5 × 5-km resolution Africa. In order classify IUs that include...
Abstract Onchocerciasis is a neglected tropical disease with numerous symptoms and side effects, when left untreated can lead to permanent blindness or skin disease. This database an attempt combine onchocerciasis prevalence data from peer-reviewed publications into single open-source dataset. The process followed extract format the information has been detailed in this paper. A total of 14,043 unique location, diagnostic, age sex-specific records 1975–2017 have collected, organized marked...