Spatial epidemiology of helminth infections

Our publications

• Magalhães RJ, Biritwum NK, Gyapong JO, Brooker S, Zhang Y, Blair L, Fenwick A, Clements AC (2011) Mapping helminth co-infection and co-intensity: geostatistical prediction in Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(6):e1200

Magalhães RJ, Clements AC, Patil AP, Gething PW, Brooker S (2011) The applications of model-based geostatistics in helminth epidemiology and control. Advances in Parasitology 74: 267-296

Sturrock HJ, Gething PW, Clements AC, Brooker S (2010) Optimal survey designs for targeting chemotherapy against soil-transmitted helminths: effect of spatial heterogeneity and cost-efficiency of sampling American Journal of Tropical Medecine and Hygiene 82(6):1079-1087

Clements AC, Deville MA, Ndayishimiye O, Brooker S, Fenwick A (2010) Spatial co-distribution of neglected tropical diseases in the east African great lakes region: revisiting the justification for integrated control. Tropical Medicine and International Health 15(2):198-207.

Clements AC, Bosqué-Oliva E, Sacko M, Landouré A, Dembélé R, Traoré M, Coulibaly G, Gabrielli AF, Fenwick A, Brooker S (2009) A comparative study of the spatial distribution of schistosomiasis in Mali in 1984-1989 and 2004-2006. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3(5): e451

Clements AC, Firth S, Dembele R, Garba A, Toure S, Sacko M, Landoure A, Bosque-Oliva E, Barnett AG, Brooker S, Fenwick A (2009) Use of Bayesian geostatistical prediction to estimate local variations in Schistosoma haematobium infection in western Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 87(12):921-929

Brooker S, Kabatereine NB, Gyapong JO, Stothard JR, Utzinger J. (2009) Rapid mapping of schistosomiasis and other neglected tropical diseases in the context of integrated control programmes in Africa. Parasitology 136(13): 1707-1718

Clements AC, Brooker S, Nyandindi U, Fenwick A, Blair L (2008) Bayesian spatial analysis of a national urinary schistosomiasis questionnaire to assist geographic targeting of schistosomiasis control in Tanzania, East Africa. International Journal for Parasitology 38(3-4):401-415

Brooker S (2007). Spatial epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in Africa: risk models, transmission dynamics and control. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101, 1-8

Clements AC, Lwambo NJ, Blair L, Nyandindi U, Kaatano G, Kinung'hi S, Webster JP, Fenwick A, Brooker S. (2006) Bayesian spatial analysis and disease mapping: tools to enhance planning and implementation of a schistosomiasis control programme in Tanzania. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 11(4):490-503

Clements ACA, Moyeed R and Brooker, S. (2006) Bayesian geostatistical prediction of the intensity of infection with Schistosoma mansoni in East Africa. Parasitology 133, 711–719.

• Brooker S, Kabatereine NB, Tukahebwa EM and Kazibwe F (2004) Spatial analysis of the distribution of intestinal nematode infections in Uganda. Epidemiology and Infection 132(6),1065-71

Brooker S (2002) Schistosomes, snails and satellites Acta Tropica 82(2): 207-214.

Brooker S, Hay SI, Bundy DA (2002) Tools from ecology: useful for evaluating infection risk models? Trends in Parasitology 18: 70-74

• Brooker S, Beasley M, Ndinarotan M, Madjiouroum EM, Baboguel M, Djenguinabe E, Hay SI, Bundy DAP (2002) Use of remote sensing and a geographical information system in a national helminth control programme in Chad. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 80: 783-789

• Brooker S, Hay SI, Tchuente LAT, Ratard R (2002) Using NOAA-AVHRR data to model human helminth distributions in planning disease control in Cameroon, West Africa. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 68: 175-179

• Brooker S, Hay SI, Issae W, Hall A, Kihamia CM, Lwambo NJS, Wint W, Rogers DJ, Bundy DAP (2001) Predicting the distribution of urinary schistosomiasis in Tanzania using satellite sensor data. Tropical Medicine & International Health 6: 998-1007

• Brooker S, Michael E (2000) The potential of geographical information systems and remote sensing in the epidemiology and control of human helminth infections. Advances in Parasitology 47: 245-288

Other relevant publications

• Zouré HG, Wanji S, Noma M, Amazigo UV, Diggle PJ, Tekle AH, Remme JH (2011) The Geographic Distribution of Loa loa in Africa: Results of Large-Scale Implementation of the Rapid Assessment Procedure for Loiasis (RAPLOA). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(6):e1210

• Schur N, Hürlimann E, Garba A, Traoré MS, Ndir O, Ratard RC, Tchuem Tchuenté LA, Kristensen TK, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. (2011) Geostatistical Model-Based Estimates of Schistosomiasis Prevalence among Individuals Aged ≤20 Years in West Africa. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(6): e1194

• Wang X-H, Zhou X-N, Vounatsou P, Chen, Z, Utzinger J (2008) Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of Schistosoma japonicum prevalence data in the absence of a diagnostic 'gold' standard. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2(6):e250.

• Clements AC, Garba A, Sacko M, Toure S, Dembele R, Landoure A, Bosque-Oliva E, Gabrielli AF, Fenwick A (2008) Mapping the probability of schistosomiasis and associated uncertainty, West Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases 14(10):1623-1632

• Diggle P, Thomson MC, Christensen OF, Rowlingson B, Obsomer V, Gardon JSW, Takougang I, Enyong P, Kamgno J, Remme JH, Boussinesq M, Molyneux DH (2007) Spatial modelling and the prediction of Loa loa risk: decision making under uncertainty. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 101: 499-509. 

• Gyapong JO, Kyelem D, Kleinschmidt I, Agbo K, Ahouandogbo F, Gaba J, Owusu-Banahene G, Sanou S, Sodahlon YK, Biswas G, Kale OO, Molyneux DH, Roungou JB, Thomson MC, Remme J.(2002) The use of spatial analysis in mapping the distribution of bancroftian filariasis in four West African countries. Annals of Tropical Medicine and  Parasitology 96(7):695-705       

• Alexander N, Moyeed R, Stander J (2000) Spatial modelling of individual-level parasite counts using the negative binomial distribution. Biostatistics 1(4): 453-463