Predictive vs. empiric assessment of schistosomiasis: implications for treatment projections in Ghana

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 7; no. 3; p. e2051
• Main Authors: Kabore, Achille, Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Downs, Philip W, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J, Zhang, Yaobi, Ottesen, Eric A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.03.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Animals; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Child; Distribution; Elementary school students; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Geostatistics; Ghana - epidemiology; Health aspects; Humans; Infections; Male; Medicine; Methods; Models, Statistical; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Schistosoma; Schistosoma haematobium - isolation & purification; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis - epidemiology; Schistosomiasis - prevention & control; Schools; Studies; Topography, Medical; Ghana; Schistosomiasis; Animals; Schistosoma haematobium; Epidemiologic Methods; Humans; Adolescent; Female; Male; Ghana; Models, Statistical; Child; Topography, Medical

Mapping the distribution of schistosomiasis is essential to determine where control programs should operate, but because it is impractical to assess infection prevalence in every potentially endemic community, model-based geostatistics (MBG) is increasingly being used to predict prevalence and deter...