Individual adherence to mass drug administration in neglected tropical disease control: A probability model conditional on past behaviour.

• Main Authors: Robert J Hardwick (Author), James E Truscott (Author), William E Oswald (Author), Marleen Werkman (Author), Katherine E Halliday (Author), Rachel L Pullan (Author), Roy M Anderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present a general framework which describes the systematic (binary) scenario of individuals either taking treatment or not for any reason, over the course of mass drug administration (MDA)-which we refer to as 'adherence' and 'non-adherence'. The probability models developed c...