Quantifying the value of surveillance data for improving model predictions of lymphatic filariasis elimination.

Quantifying the value of surveillance data for improving model predictions of lymphatic filariasis elimination.

BACKGROUND:Mathematical models are increasingly being used to evaluate strategies aiming to achieve the control or elimination of parasitic diseases. Recently, owing to growing realization that process-oriented models are useful for ecological forecasts only if the biological processes are well defi...

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Main Authors: Edwin Michael, Swarnali Sharma, Morgan E Smith, Panayiota Touloupou, Federica Giardina, Joaquin M Prada, Wilma A Stolk, Deirdre Hollingsworth, Sake J de Vlas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6175292?pdf=render

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