General contextual effects on neglected tropical disease risk in rural Kenya.

• Main Authors: William A de Glanville (Author), Lian F Thomas (Author), Elizabeth A J Cook (Author), Barend M de C Bronsvoort (Author), Nicola Wardrop (Author), Claire N Wamae (Author), Samuel Kariuki (Author), Eric M Fèvre (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are characterized by their tendency to cluster within groups of people, typically the poorest and most marginalized. Despite this, measures of clustering, such as within-group correlation or between-group heterogeneity, are rarely reported from community-based...