| Title | Mapping the Probability of Schistosomiasis and Associated Uncertainty, West Africa. | | Author(s) | Clements AC, Garba A, Sacko M, Touré S, Dembelé R, Landouré A, Bosque-Oliva E, Gabrielli AF, Fenwick A | | Institution | University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia (A.C.A. Clements); Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte Contre les Endémies, Niamey, Niger (A. Garba); Ministère de la Santé, Bamako, Mali (M. Sacko, R. Dembelé, A. Landouré); Ministère de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (S. Touré); Imperial College, London, UK (E. Bosque-Oliva, A. Fenwick); and World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (A.F. Gabrielli). | | Source | Emerg Infect Dis 2008 Oct; 14(10):1629-1632. | | Abstract | We aimed to map the probability of Schistosoma haematobium infection being >50%, a threshold for annual mass praziquantel distribution. Parasitologic surveys were conducted in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, 2004-2006, and predictions were made by using Bayesian geostatistical models. Clusters with >50% probability of having >50% prevalence were delineated in each country. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 18826832 |
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