Spatial modelling and the prediction of Loa loa risk: Decision making under uncertainty

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 499-509

  Diggle, P J ^a   Thomson, M C ^b   Christensen, O F ^c   Rowlingson, B ^a   Obsomer, V ^b,d   Gardon, J ^e,f   Wanji, S ^g   Takougang, I ^h   Enyong, P ⁱ   Kamgno, J ^e,f   Remme, J H ^j   Boussinesq, M ^e,f   Molyneux, D H ^k  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

ⁱ Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^k LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

LOA LOA;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LOA; LOIASIS; MAPS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34748814298     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485913x13789813917463     Document Type: Article

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