Probabilistic forecasts of trachoma transmission at the district level: A statistical model comparison
The World Health Organization and its partners are aiming to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem by 2020. In this study, we compare forecasts of TF prevalence in 2011 for 7 different statistical and mechanistic models across 9 de-identified trachoma endemic districts, representing 4 unique...
Main Authors: | Amy Pinsent, Fengchen Liu, Michael Deiner, Paul Emerson, Ana Bhaktiari, Travis C. Porco, Thomas Lietman, Manoj Gambhir |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Series: | Epidemics |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436516300718 |
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