The national distribution of lymphatic filariasis cases in Malawi using patient mapping and geostatistical modelling.

• Main Authors: Carrie Barrett (Author), John Chiphwanya (Author), Square Mkwanda (Author), Dorothy E Matipula (Author), Paul Ndhlovu (Author), Limbikani Chaponda (Author), Joseph D Turner (Author), Emanuele Giorgi (Author), Hannah Betts (Author), Sarah Martindale (Author), Mark J Taylor (Author), Jonathan M Read (Author), Louise A Kelly-Hope (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>In 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that Malawi had successfully eliminated lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem. Understanding clinical case distributions at a national and sub-national level is important, so essential care packages ca...