학술논문
Substantiating freedom from parasitic infection by combining transmission model predictions with disease surveys
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
The decision when to stop an intervention is a critical component of parasite elimination programmes, but reliance on surveillance data alone can be inaccurate. Here, Michael et al. combine parasite transmission model predictions with disease survey data to more reliably determine when interventions can be stopped.