Exploring the interaction between roundworms and whipworms by analysing re-infection data from Bangladesh and South India

1. General Introduction 1.1. The lifecycles of Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides 1.2. Morbidity and burden of disease 1.3. Epidemiology and age profiles of infection 1.4. Predisposition and susceptibility to infection 1.5. Immunological responses and the peak shift hypothesis 1.6. Treatment and control 1.7. Helminth frequency distributions 1.8. Density dependence in helminth species 2. Project objectives, rationale and hypotheses 3. Study designs and data sets 4. The epidemiology of roundworms and whipworms in Bangladesh and South India 4.1. Methods 4.2. Results and Discussion 4.2.1. Age-prevalence profiles Bangladesh South India 4.2.2. Age-intensity profiles Bangladesh South India 4.2.3. Seasonality and re-infection Bangladesh South India 5. The interaction between roundworms and whipworms in Bangladesh and South India 5.1. Hypothesis 5.2. Models and Methods 5.3. Results and Discussion Bangladesh South India 6. General Discussion