Assessing the impact of aggregating disease stage data in model predictions of human African trypanosomiasis transmission and control activities in Bandundu province (DRC).

• Main Authors: María Soledad Castaño (Author), Martial L Ndeffo-Mbah (Author), Kat S Rock (Author), Cody Palmer (Author), Edward Knock (Author), Erick Mwamba Miaka (Author), Joseph M Ndung'u (Author), Steve Torr (Author), Paul Verlé (Author), Simon E F Spencer (Author), Alison Galvani (Author), Caitlin Bever (Author), Matt J Keeling (Author), Nakul Chitnis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Since the turn of the century, the global community has made great progress towards the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Elimination programs, primarily relying on screening and treatment campaigns, have also created a rich database of HAT epidemiology. Mathematical mode...