Quantifying the value of surveillance data for improving model predictions of lymphatic filariasis elimination.

• Main Authors: Edwin Michael (Author), Swarnali Sharma (Author), Morgan E Smith (Author), Panayiota Touloupou (Author), Federica Giardina (Author), Joaquin M Prada (Author), Wilma A Stolk (Author), Deirdre Hollingsworth (Author), Sake J de Vlas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Mathematical models are increasingly being used to evaluate strategies aiming to achieve the control or elimination of parasitic diseases. Recently, owing to growing realization that process-oriented models are useful for ecological forecasts only if the biological processes are well defi...