South America

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Helminth infections in South America are concentrated within pockets of intense poverty and in vulnerable groups, especially some indigenous populations. The most common are STH infections, although S. mansoni is endemic in certain areas of Brazil. LF infectin is higly focal in the region.

The maps shown here collate all available STH and LF survey data for countries in this region, mostly collected post 1990.

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