Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of Schistosoma japonicum prevalence data in the absence of a diagnostic 'gold' standard.

• Main Authors: Xian-Hong Wang (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author), Zhao Chen (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Kun Yang (Author), Peter Steinmann (Author), Xiao-Hua Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Spatial modeling is increasingly utilized to elucidate relationships between demographic, environmental, and socioeconomic factors, and infectious disease prevalence data. However, there is a paucity of studies focusing on spatio-temporal modeling that take into account the uncertainty o...