Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: A Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 17; no. 11; p. e0011656
• Main Authors: Gerber, Daniel J. F., Dhakal, Sanjaya, Islam, Md. Nazmul, Al Kawsar, Abdullah, Khair, Md. Abul, Rahman, Md. Mujibur, Karim, Md. Jahirul, Rahman, Md. Shafiqur, Aktaruzzaman, M. M., Tupps, Cara, Stephens, Mariana, Emerson, Paul M., Utzinger, Jürg, Vounatsou, Penelope
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 01.11.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Antiparasitic agents; Bayesian analysis; Bayesian statistical decision theory; Bayesian theory; Cancer; Carbon content; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Children; Diagnosis; Disease transmission; Dosage; Evaluation; Geographical distribution; Geology; Geostatistics; Helminthiasis; Households; Infections; Marginalized groups; Mathematical models; Organic carbon; Parasites; Polls & surveys; Population density; Population statistics; Precipitation; Probability theory; Risk factors; Risk groups; Sanitation; Satellite imagery; Satellites; Socioeconomic factors; Soil; Soils; Spatial discrimination; Spatial resolution; Statistical methods; Strategy; Subgroups; Surveys; Tropical diseases; Variables; Vegetation; Womens health; Bangladesh

Background In Bangladesh, preventive chemotherapy targeting soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in school-age children has been implemented since 2008. To evaluate the success of this strategy, surveys were conducted between 2017 and 2020 in 10 out of 64 districts. We estimate the geographic...