Skip to content

PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice.

Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that enable everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge.

We believe in a better future where science is open to all, for all.

Medicine & Health

DeWorm3

Partnered Collections, Special Issues

Soil-transmitted helminths infect an estimated 1.45 billion people globally. The current WHO strategy for controlling STH is based on controlling morbidity via mass drug administration of medications to children. However, recent mathematical models and systematic reviews suggest that the current strategy of targeting children with MDA is unlikely to break transmission of STH, in large part due to the presence of adult reservoirs of disease. This collection highlights both the existing evidence and new methodological approaches needed for generating the evidence necessary for informing potential novel--and significant--intervention strategies and policy changes.

Image Credit: PLOS

Research Articles
DeWorm3 Project

Check out the DeWorm3 project page at the Natural History Museum site:

DeWorm3
Back to top