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Table 1 Search terms

From: Leaving no one behind: targeting mobile and migrant populations with health interventions for disease elimination—a descriptive systematic review

Dimension

Term

Connector

Problem

neglected tropical disease* OR “neglected tropical disease*”.mp. OR exp Neglected Diseases/ OR TS= (“neglected tropical diseases”) OR trachoma [MeSH Terms] OR trachoma.mp. OR exp Trachoma/ OR TS= (trachoma*) OR lymphatic filariasis OR elephantiasis OR “lymphatic filariasis”.mp. OR Elephantiasis, Filarial/ OR TS= (lymphatic filariasis* OR elephantiasis) OR onchoceriasis [MeSH Terms] OR onchocerciasis.mp. OR exp Onchocerciasis, Ocular/ OR Onchocerciasis OR TS= (onchoceriasis*) OR schistosomiasis [MeSH] OR schistosomiasis.mp. OR Schistosomiasis/ OR TS= (schistosomiasis*) OR “soil transmitted helminths” OR “soil transmitted helminths”.mp. OR exp Helminthiasis/ OR TS= (“soil transmitted helminths”) OR malaria [MeSH] OR malaria.mp. OR exp Malaria/ OR TS= (malaria) OR polio [MeSH] OR (acute poliomyelitis [Mesh Terms]) OR polio.mp. or exp Poliomyelitis/ OR TS= (polio) OR smallpox [MeSH] OR exp Smallpox/ or smallpox.mp. OR TS= (smallpox) OR rinderpest [MeSH] OR exp Rinderpest virus/ or exp Rinderpest/ or rinderpest.mp. OR TS= (rinderpest) OR trypanosomiasis [MeSH] OR trypanosomiasis.mp. or exp Trypanosomiasis/ OR TS= (trypanosomiasis)

AND

Population

migrat* OR migrant* OR (migrat* OR migrant*).mp. OR TS= (migrat* OR migrant*) OR “mobile populations“ OR “mobile populations”.mp. OR TS= “mobile populations” OR transients and migrants [MeSH Term] OR “Transients and Migrants”.mp. OR exp “Transients and Migrants”/ OR TS= transient* OR mobile OR mobile.mp. OR TS= mobile OR pastoralis* OR pastoralis*.mp. OR TS= pastoralis* OR nomad* OR nomad*.mp. OR TS= nomad* OR Turkana OR Turkana.mp. OR TS= Turkana OR Maasai OR Masai OR (Maasai or Masai).mp. OR TS= (Maasai or Masai)

AND

Geography specific terms used in Search 1 referenced above

“East Africa” OR Kenya OR Tanzania OR Uganda

AND

Intervention

“Insect Control”[Mesh] OR “insect control”.mp. OR TS = insect control OR "Mass Drug Administration"[Mesh] OR “Mass Drug Administration”.mp. OR TS = “mass drug administration” OR “Mass Vaccination”[Mesh] OR “mass vaccination”.mp. or exp Mass Vaccination/ OR TS = (“mass vaccination”) OR “Sanitation”[Mesh] OR “Hygiene”[Mesh] OR sanitation OR hygiene OR TS = (sanitation OR hygiene)

AND

Outcome

(“public health surveillance” [Mesh]) OR (“sentinel surveillance” [Mesh]) OR exp public health surveillance/ or exp sentinel surveillance/ OR TS= (public health surveillance) OR (sentinel surveillance) OR “Epidemiological Monitoring”[Mesh:NoExp] OR exp Epidemiological Monitoring/ OR TS = “epidemiological monitoring” OR “Geographic Mapping”[Mesh] OR exp geographic mapping/ OR TS= (geographic mapping)

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