Markov Model Predicts Changes in STH Prevalence during Control Activities Even with a Reduced Amount of Baseline Information

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Montresor, Antonio ^a   Deol, Arminder ^b   à Porta, Natacha ^a   Lethanh, Nam ^c   Jankovic, Dina ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; SOIL;

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MACHINE LEARNING; MARKOV MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MARKOV CHAIN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFTWARE; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SOIL; VIETNAM;

EID: 84964895794     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004371     Document Type: Article

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