Endemicity of Paragonimus and paragonimiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and mapping reveals stability of transmission in endemic foci for a multi-host parasite system

Muriel Rabone; Joris Wiethase; Paul F. Clark; David Rollinson; Neil Cumberlidge; Aidan M. Emery

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009120

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Endemicity of Paragonimus and paragonimiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and mapping reveals stability of transmission in endemic foci for a multi-host parasite system

Muriel Rabone ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: m.rabone@nhm.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8351-2313

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Joris Wiethase,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-1613

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Paul F. Clark,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom
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David Rollinson,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1999-1716

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Neil Cumberlidge,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0568-6414

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Aidan M. Emery

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9028-8586

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Endemicity of Paragonimus and paragonimiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and mapping reveals stability of transmission in endemic foci for a multi-host parasite system

Muriel Rabone,
Joris Wiethase,
Paul F. Clark,
David Rollinson,
Neil Cumberlidge,
Aidan M. Emery

Published: February 5, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009120

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