Research

The Global Atlas of Helminth Infection is compiled and maintained by the London Applied and Spatial Epidemiology Research Group (LASER). Mapping helminth infections is one core area of work, but our research in neglected tropical diseases is much broader. Browse the sections below to learn more.

Publications

TUMIKIA Laboratory Technician - Forms and Manuals
TUMIKIA Laboratory Technician - Forms and Manuals
2017,

Authors: LASER
TUMIKIA Household Questionnaire and Sample Collection - Forms and Manuals
TUMIKIA Household Questionnaire and Sample Collection - Forms and Manual
2017,

Authors: LASER
Estimating the number of cases of podoconiosis in Ethiopia using geostatistical methods
Wellcome Open Research
2017, Issue: 2, Pages: 78

Authors: Deribe K, Cano J, Giorgi E, Pigott DM, Golding N, Rachel L. Pullan RL, Abdisalan M. Noor AM, Cromwell EA, Osgood‐Zimmerman A, Enquselassie F, Hailu A, Murray CJL, Newport MJ, Brooker SJ, Hay SI, Davey G
A cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey of typhoid fever in Fiji
PLOS NTDS
2017, Issue: 11(7),

Authors: Watson CH, Baker S, Lau CL, Rawalai K, Taufa M, Coriakula J, Thieu NTV, Van T, Ngoc DTT, Hens N, Lowry JH, de Alwis R, Cano J, Jenkins K, Mulholland EK, Nilles EJ, Kama M, Edmunds WJ
School-based diagnosis and treatment of malaria by teachers using rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapy: experiences and perceptions of users and implementers of the Learner Treatment Kit, southern Malawi
Malaria Journal
2017, Issue: 16:318,

Authors: Mphwatiwa T, Witek-McManus S, Mtali A, Okello G, Nguluwe P, Chatsika H, Roschnik N, Halliday KE, Brooker SJ, Mathanga DP
Bivariate geostatistical modelling of the relationship between Loa loa prevalence and intensity of infection
Environmetrics
2017, Issue: e2447,

Authors: Giorgi E, Schlüter DK, Diggle PJ
Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of dengue transmission in an urban setting: an ecological study in Nouméa, New Caledonia
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2017, Issue: 11(4), Pages: e0005471

Authors: 2. Zellweger RM, Cano J, Mangeas M, Taglioni F, Mercier A, Despinoy M, Menkès CE, Dupont-Rouzeyrol M, Nikolay B, Teurlai M.
The global atlas of podoconiosis
The Lancet Global Health
2017, Issue: Vol 5 No 5, Pages: 477 - 479

Authors: Kebede Deribe, Jorge Cano, Melanie J Newport, Rachel L Pullan, Abdisalan M Noor, Fikre Enquselassie, Christopher J L Murray, Simon I Hay, Simon J Brooker, Gail Davey
Association of community sanitation usage with soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Parasites & Vectors
2017, Issue: 10,

Authors: William E. Oswald
Impact of single annual treatment and four-monthly treatment for hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides, and factors associated with residual infection among Kenyan school children
Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2017, Issue: 6:30 ,

Authors: Stella Kepha, Charles S. Mwandawiro, Roy M. Anderson, Rachel L. Pullan, Fred Nuwaha, Jorge Cano, Sammy M. Njenga, Maurice R. Odiere, Elizabeth Allen, Simon J. Brooker, Birgit Nikolay
Prediction of Low Community Sanitation Coverage Using Environmental and Sociodemographic Factors in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2016, Issue: 15-0895,

Authors: William E. Oswald, Aisha E. P. Stewart, W. Dana Flanders, Michael R. Kramer, Tekola Endeshaw, Mulat Zerihun, Birhanu Melaku, Eshetu Sata, Demelash Gessesse, Tesfaye Teferi, Zerihun Tadesse, Birhan Guadie, Jonathan D. King, Paul M. Emerson, Elizabeth K. Callahan, Christine L. Moe and Thomas F. Clasen
Cessation of Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in Zanzibar in 2006: Was Transmission Interrupted?
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015, Issue: 9,

Authors: Maria P. Rebollo, Khalfan A. Mohammed, Brent Thomas, Shaali Ame, Said Mohammed Ali, Jorge Cano, Alba Gonzalez Escalada, Moses J. Bockarie

People

Rachel Pullan

Rachel is an Assistant Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the Department of Disease Control at the London...
Jorge Cano Ortega

Jorge is an Assistant Professor in spatial epidemiology currently working on a GAHI project modelling the spatial distribution of...
Emanuele Giorgi

Emanuele is an MRC Fellow in Biostatistics based at Lancaster University. He is a statistician working at the interface between...
Anwar Musah

Anwar is a Research Assistant at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. His work is broadly focused on collating...

Research

Themes

Spatial epidemiology of NTDs

Optimising surveillance and monitoring & evaluation strategies

Evaluating targeted interventions

Understanding the context of control

Developing tools

Publications

TUMIKIA Laboratory Technician - Forms and Manuals

TUMIKIA Household Questionnaire and Sample Collection - Forms and Manuals

Estimating the number of cases of podoconiosis in Ethiopia using geostatistical methods

A cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey of typhoid fever in Fiji

School-based diagnosis and treatment of malaria by teachers using rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapy: experiences and perceptions of users and implementers of the Learner Treatment Kit, southern Malawi

Bivariate geostatistical modelling of the relationship between Loa loa prevalence and intensity of infection

Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of dengue transmission in an urban setting: an ecological study in Nouméa, New Caledonia

The global atlas of podoconiosis

Association of community sanitation usage with soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Impact of single annual treatment and four-monthly treatment for hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides, and factors associated with residual infection among Kenyan school children

Prediction of Low Community Sanitation Coverage Using Environmental and Sociodemographic Factors in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Cessation of Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in Zanzibar in 2006: Was Transmission Interrupted?

People

Rachel Pullan

Jorge Cano Ortega

Emanuele Giorgi

Anwar Musah

Collaborators