Geographically regulated designs of incidence surveys can match the precision of classical survey designs whilst requiring smaller sample sizes: the case of snakebite envenoming in Sri Lanka

Geographically regulated designs of incidence surveys can match the precision of classical survey designs whilst requiring smaller sample sizes: the case of snakebite envenoming in Sri Lanka

Background Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease. Data from the worst affected countries are limited because conducting epidemiological surveys is challenging. We assessed the utility of inhibitory geostatistical design with close pairs (ICP) to estimate snakebite envenoming incidence...

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Main Authors: Peter Diggle, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Tiloka de Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-10-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/10/e009500.full

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