Soil surveillance for monitoring soil-transmitted helminths: Method development and field testing in three countries.
Malathi ManuelHeather K AmatoNils PilotteBenard ChiengSylvie B ArakaJoël Edoux Eric SikoMichael HarrisMaya L NadimpalliVenkateshprabhu JanagarajParfait HoungbegnonRajeshkumar RajendiranJoel ThamburajSaravanakumar Puthupalayam KaliappanAllison R SiroisGretchen WalchWilliam E OswaldKristjana H AsbjornsdottirSean R GalaganJudd L WalsonSteven A WilliamsAdrian J F LutySammy M NjengaMoudachirou IbikounléSitara S R AjjampurAmy J PickeringPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2024)
Soil surveillance for STH has several benefits over stool-based surveillance, including lower cost and higher success rates for sample collection. Considering that delivery of MDA occurs at the community level, environmental surveillance using molecular methods could be a cost-effective alternate strategy for monitoring STH in these populations.