Use of Bayesian geostatistical prediction to estimate local variations in Schistosoma haematobium infection in western Africa

• Glavni autori: Archie CA Clements (Autor), Sonja Firth (Autor), Robert Dembelé (Autor), Amadou Garba (Autor), Seydou Touré (Autor), Moussa Sacko (Autor), Aly Landouré (Autor), Elisa Bosqué-Oliva (Autor), Adrian G Barnett (Autor), Simon Brooker (Autor), Alan Fenwick (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: The World Health Organization, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To predict the subnational spatial variation in the number of people infected with Schistosoma haematobium in Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger prior to national control programmes. METHODS: We used field survey data sets covering a contiguous area 2750 × 850 km and including 26 790 school...