Table 1.
Classification of search terms
Table 2.
Keywords used in the literature search,* indicates wildcard
Fig 1.
PRISMA flow diagram.
Fig 2.
Uncertainty propagation through the process chain of mapping and modelling helminth infections.
Pink box: uncertainty from information data sources. Orange box: uncertainty from the predictive model. Yellow box: uncertainty in the predictions.
Table 3.
Description of communication of uncertainty
Table 4.
Measures of uncertainty corresponding to different types of data.
Fig 3.
Year of publication of studies included in this review.
Table 5.
Results of the search performed in the Web of Knowledge and PubMed, using the search terms and the corresponding keywords given in Table 1 and Table 2 respectively.
Table 6.
Total number of read and discarded papers presented per infection.
Table 7.
Use of information on uncertainty in the public health context
Table 8.
Uncertainty sources in modelling and mapping helminth infections
Table 9.
Categories of sources of uncertainty and papers included in this review grouped into categories
Table 10.
Model sources of uncertainty
Table 11.
Uncertainty definition and quantification
Fig 4.
Stages of uncertainty analysis when mapping STH and schistosome helminth infections.
Colour coding as for Fig 2.
Fig 5.
Framework for the evaluation and utilization of uncertainty in mapping soil transmitted helminth infections and schistosomiasis