Soil-transmitted helminths

Study Shows High Co-morbidity in South

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Malaria and diseases caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STH) were found to occur simultaneously in multiple cases in Nigeria, particularly in the south-south and southeast regions, according to a new report. In contrast, the northwest region showed lower co-morbidity of the two diseases, despite higher malaria prevalence. This co-occurrence underscored the compounded health burden in the … Read more

Co-morbidity of malaria and soil-transmitted helminths in Nigeria: a joint Bayesian modelling approach | Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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Spatial correlation of malaria prevalence and STH prevalence and incidence The posterior distributions of some of the parameters of the spatial fields in the model are summarized in Tables 2, 3, and 4. Malaria prevalence exhibits substantial spatial correlation with ranges extending between approximately 90 km and 350 km (1 decimal degree = 110.567 kms), indicating that its … Read more