Table 2.

Search string used in PubMed

Semantic cluster	Search terms	Add with:
NTD	“Neglected tropical disease*“(Title/Abstract)OR NTD(Title/Abstract)OR “neglected disease*“(Title/Abstract)OR “unattended disease*“(Title/Abstract)) OR (“Lymphatic filariasis”(Title/Abstract)OR LF(Title/Abstract)OR elephantiasis(Title/Abstract)OR “lymphoedema and hydrocele”(Title/Abstract)OR “lymphedema and hydrocele”(Title/Abstract)OR adenolymphangitis(Title/Abstract)OR “Wuchereria bancrofti”(Title/Abstract)OR Brugia(Title/Abstract)) OR (Onchocerciasis(Title/Abstract)OR “river blindness”(Title/Abstract)OR “Onchocerca volvulus”(Title/Abstract)) OR (Schistosomiasis(Title/Abstract)OR bilharzia*(Title/Abstract)OR Schistosoma(Title/Abstract)) OR (“Soil-transmitted helminthiases”(Title/Abstract)OR STH(Title/Abstract)OR strongyloidiasis(Title/Abstract)OR trichuriasis(Title/Abstract)OR acariasis(Title/Abstract)OR “Ascaris lumbricoides”(Title/Abstract)OR “Trichuris trichiura”(Title/Abstract)OR whipworm*(Title/Abstract)OR “Necator americanus”(Title/Abstract)OR “Ancylostoma duodenale”(Title/Abstract)OR hookworm*(Title/Abstract)OR Strongyloides(Title/Abstract)) OR (Trachoma(Title/Abstract)OR “trachomatous trichiasis”(Title/Abstract)OR “Chlamydia trachomatis”(Title/Abstract)) OR (“Foodborne trematodiases”(Title/Abstract)OR opisthorchiasis(Title/Abstract)OR clonorchiasis(Title/Abstract)OR fascioliasis(Title/Abstract)OR paragonimiasis(Title/Abstract)OR “Clonorchis sinensis”(Title/Abstract)OR Opisthorchis(Title/Abstract)OR “small liver fluke*“(Title/Abstract)OR Fasciola(Title/Abstract)OR Paragonimus(Title/Abstract)) OR (Leprosy(Title/Abstract)OR “Hansen’s disease”(Title/Abstract)OR “Mycobacterium leprae”(Title/Abstract)OR “Mycobacterium lepromatosis”(Title/Abstract)) OR (Scabies(Title/Abstract)OR ectoparasitose*(Title/Abstract)OR “Sarcoptes scabiei”(Title/Abstract)OR mite*(Title/Abstract)) OR (Taeniasis(Title/Abstract)OR cysticercosis(Title/Abstract)OR neurocysticercosis(Title/Abstract)OR Taenia(Title/Abstract)OR tapeworm(Title/Abstract)) OR (yaws(Title/Abstract)OR “endemic treponematose*“(Title/Abstract)OR “Treponema pallidum”(Title/Abstract))	AND
MDA	“mass drug administration”(Title/Abstract)OR “massive drug administration”(Title/Abstract)OR “mass antibiotic administration” OR MDA(Title/Abstract)OR “preventive chemotherapy”(Title/Abstract)OR PC(Title/Abstract)OR “mass drug treatment”(Title/Abstract)OR “mass deworming”(Title/Abstract)OR “total community treatment”(Title/Abstract)	AND
Ethics	Ethics (MeSH Terms) OR philosophy (MeSH Terms) OR ethic*(Title/Abstract)OR bioethic*(Title/Abstract)OR bio-ethic*(Title/Abstract)OR moral*(Title/Abstract)OR unethic*(Title/Abstract)OR immoral*(Title/Abstract)) OR (autonom*(Title/Abstract)OR consent(Title/Abstract)OR dependen*(Title/Abstract)) OR (beneficence(Title/Abstract)OR benefit(Title/Abstract)) OR (non-maleficence(Title/Abstract)OR harm(Title/Abstract)) OR (justice(Title/Abstract)OR injustice(Title/Abstract)OR unjust(Title/Abstract)OR fair*(Title/Abstract)OR unfair*(Title/Abstract)OR equit*(Title/Abstract)OR inequit*(Title/Abstract)OR dilemma(Title/Abstract)OR acceptability(Title/Abstract)	AND

MDA, mass drug administration ; NTD, neglected tropical disease.