A Theoretical Analysis of the Geography of Schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso Highlights the Roles of Human Mobility and Water Resources Development in Disease Transmission.

• Main Authors: Javier Perez-Saez (Author), Lorenzo Mari (Author), Enrico Bertuzzo (Author), Renato Casagrandi (Author), Susanne H Sokolow (Author), Giulio A De Leo (Author), Theophile Mande (Author), Natalie Ceperley (Author), Jean-Marc Froehlich (Author), Mariam Sou (Author), Harouna Karambiri (Author), Hamma Yacouba (Author), Amadou Maiga (Author), Marino Gatto (Author), Andrea Rinaldo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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We study the geography of schistosomiasis across Burkina Faso by means of a spatially explicit model of water-based disease dynamics. The model quantitatively addresses the geographic stratification of disease burden in a novel framework by explicitly accounting for drivers and controls of the disea...