Short-term forecasting of the prevalence of clinical trachoma: utility of including delayed recovery and tests for infection

Short-term forecasting of the prevalence of clinical trachoma: utility of including delayed recovery and tests for infection

Abstract Background The World Health Organization aims to control blinding trachoma by 2020. Decisions on whether to start and stop mass treatments and when to declare that control has been achieved are currently based on clinical examination data generated in population-based surveys. Thresholds ar...

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Main Authors: Fengchen Liu, Travis C. Porco, Abdou Amza, Boubacar Kadri, Baido Nassirou, Sheila K. West, Robin L. Bailey, Jeremy D. Keenan, Thomas M. Lietman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-10-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Trachoma
Model
Mass drug administration
Forecast
Prediction
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1115-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1115-8

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