Spatial predictive risk mapping of lymphatic filariasis residual hotspots in American Samoa using demographic and environmental factors

American Samoa successfully completed seven rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) for lymphatic filariasis (LF) from 2000-2006. The territory passed the school-based transmission assessment surveys in 2011 and 2015 but failed in 2016. One of the key challenges after the implementation of MDA is t...

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Published in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 17; no. 7; p. e0010840
Main Authors:	Cadavid Restrepo, Angela M., Martin, Beatris M., Fuimaono, Saipale, Clements, Archie C. A., Graves, Patricia M., Lau, Colleen L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.07.2023
Subjects:	Antibodies Antigens Bayesian analysis Biology and Life Sciences Control Demographics Demography Disease hot spots Distance Distribution Earth Sciences Elephantiasis Environmental factors Filariasis Geostatistics Health aspects Hot spots Households Infections Islands Land cover Land use Mathematical models Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Medicine, Experimental Metadata People and places Population Probability theory Public health Rainfall Risk Sample size Sociodemographics Spatial variations Surveillance Surveys Towns Transmission Tropical diseases Vector-borne diseases American Samoa Canada United States > US
ISSN:	1935-2735, 1935-2727, 1935-2735
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