Markov model to forecast the change in prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths during a control programme: A case study in Vietnam

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 313-318

  Montresor, Antonio ^a   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^a   Yajima, Aya ^b   Lethanh, Nam ^b   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^c   Casey, Gerald J ^c   Tinh, Ta Thi ^d   Engels, Dirk ^a   Savioli, Lorenzo ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Prevalence prediction mode; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HOOKWORM; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOIL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882969566     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt019     Document Type: Article

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