Statistical methods for linking geostatistical maps and transmission models: Application to lymphatic filariasis in East Africa.

ABSTRACT: Infectious diseases remain one of the major causes of human mortality and suffering. Mathematical models have been established as an important tool for capturing the features that drive the spread of the disease, predicting the progression of an epidemic and hence guiding the development of strategies to control it. Another important area of epidemiological interest is the development of geostatistical methods for the analysis of data from spatially referenced prevalence surveys. Maps of prevalence are useful, not only for enabling a more precise disease risk stratification, but also for guiding the planning of more reliable spatial control programmes by identifying affected areas. Despite the methodological advances that have been made in each area independently, efforts to link transmiss

SUBMITTER: Touloupou P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205338 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature