Prediction of community prevalence of human onchocerciasis in the Amazonian onchocerciasis focus: Bayesian approach

• Asıl Yazarlar: Carabin Hélène (Yazar), Escalona Marisela (Yazar), Marshall Clare (Yazar), Vivas-Martínez Sarai (Yazar), Botto Carlos (Yazar), Joseph Lawrence (Yazar), Basáñez María-Gloria (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: The World Health Organization, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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OBJECTIVE: To develop a Bayesian hierarchical model for human onchocerciasis with which to explore the factors that influence prevalence of microfilariae in the Amazonian focus of onchocerciasis and predict the probability of any community being at least mesoendemic (>20% prevalence of microfilar...