Table 1. Summary of disease areas, infective agents and search terms used.
| Disease Areas /Alternative name(s) | Infectious agent | Search term |
|---|---|---|
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | #1 TS § = ((“human immuno$deficiency virus" OR "acquired immuno$deficiency syndrome" OR "hiv") NOT (feline OR simian OR siv*)), #2 TS = ("aids") NOT #1 | |
| Malaria | Plasmodium, Anopheles Mosquito, P. Falciparum, P. Vivax, P. Ovale, P. Malariae | TS = (malaria* OR (plasmodium NOT physarum) OR anopheles OR "black water fever") |
| Tuberculosis (TB) / Koch's Disease | Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) | TS = (tuberculosis OR "tubercle bacillus" OR "tb infection" OR "pulmonary tb" OR "extrapulmonary tb" OR tuberculin) |
| Neglected Infectious Diseases 1 | ||
| Echinococcosis / Hydatid Disease | Echinococcus Granulosus, Echinococcus Ultilocularis, Echinococcus Vogeli, Echinococcus Oligarthus | TS = (echinococcosis OR "hydatid disease*" OR echinococcus) |
| Fascioliasis / Faciolosis Distomatosis | Fasciola Hepatica, Fasciola Gigantica | TS = ((fasciolosis OR fascioliasis OR distomatosis OR "fasciola hepatica" OR "fasciola gigantica") NOT cattle) NOT WC = (veterinary sciences OR agriculture dairy animal science)) |
| Human African Trypanosomiasis / Sleeping Sickness | Glossina Trypanosoma | TS = ((trypanosom* NEAR/5 africa*) OR "sleeping sickness" OR (trypanosom* NEAR/5 tsetse) OR (trypanosom* NEAR/5 human)) |
| Leishmaniasis / Kala azar | Sandfly Lutzomyia | TS = ("sand fly" OR sandfly OR sandflies OR "sand flies" OR leishmaniasis OR leishmania OR phlebotomine OR psychodidae OR kala$azar) |
| Leprosy / Hansen's Disease | Mycobacterium leprae | TS = (leprosy OR (hansen* NEAR/5 disease*) OR "mycobacterium leprae" OR "erythema nodosum leprosum") |
| Lymphatic Filariasis / Elephantiasis | Wuchereria Bancrofti, Brugia Malayi, Brugia Timori | TS = ((lymphatic NEAR/5 filariasis) OR elephantiasis OR wuchereria OR "brugia malayi") |
| Onchocerciasis / River Blindness, Robles' Disease | Onchocerca Volvulus | TS = (onchocerciasis OR "river blindness" OR "onchocerca volvulus") |
| Rabies | TS = (rabies) | |
| Schistosomiasis / Bilharziosis, Snail Fever, Bilharzia | Some Schistosoma Spp. | TS = (schistosomiasis OR bilharzi* OR "schistosoma mansoni" OR "schistosoma haematobium" OR "schistosoma intercalatum" OR "schistosoma japonicum" OR "schistosoma mekongi") |
| Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis | Ascaris Lumbricoides Trichuris Trichiura Hookworm | TS = (helminth* OR hookworm* OR "ascaris lumbricides" OR "trichuris trichiura" OR geohelminth OR "necator$americanus" OR "ancylostoma$duodenale") |
| Trachoma / Granular Conjunctivitis, Egyptian Ophthalmia | Chlamydia Trachomatis | TS = (trachoma) |
| Yaws / Frambesia Tropica | Treponema Pallidum | TS = (yaws OR treponematos*) |
§ The search for diseases includes the title, abstract and key words and is denoted as TS = (…)
* This symbol is used to denote any number of characters e.g. network* finds networks, networking, networkers as well as network
$ This symbol denotes a single character e.g. utili$ation finds both utilisation and utilization
1 These neglected infectious diseases are the 17 diseases prioritized by the World Health Organization. In reference to the foodborne trematodiases we only included the major foodborne trematodiases prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa (ie Fascioliasis) in the analysis.