Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in West Africa.

• Main Authors: Simon J O'Hanlon (Author), Hannah C Slater (Author), Robert A Cheke (Author), Boakye A Boatin (Author), Luc E Coffeng (Author), Sébastien D S Pion (Author), Michel Boussinesq (Author), Honorat G M Zouré (Author), Wilma A Stolk (Author), María-Gloria Basáñez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The initial endemicity (pre-control prevalence) of onchocerciasis has been shown to be an important determinant of the feasibility of elimination by mass ivermectin distribution. We present the first geostatistical map of microfilarial prevalence in the former Onchocerciasis Control Progr...