Prediction of community prevalence of human onchocerciasis in the Amazonian onchocerciasis focus: Bayesian approach

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 482-490

  Carabin, Hélène ^a   Escalona, Marisela ^b   Marshall, Clare ^c   Vivas Martínez, Sarai ^b,d   Botto, Carlos ^b,e   Joseph, Lawrence ^f   Basáñez, María Gloria ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CAICET   (Venezuela)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Bayes thorem; Ivermectin therapeutic use; Models, Statistical; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis epidemiology drug therapy; Prevalence; Risk factors; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IVERMECTIN; MODELING; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNITY; COVARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VENEZUELA;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0042848541     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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