Comparing the Performance of Cluster Random Sampling and Integrated Threshold Mapping for Targeting Trachoma Control, Using Computer Simulation

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Jennifer L ^a,b   Sturrock, Hugh J W ^c   Olives, Casey ^d   Solomon, Anthony W ^a,b   Brooker, Simon J ^a,b,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER RANDOM SAMPLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED THRESHOLD MAPPING; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 84883391145     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002389     Document Type: Article

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