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Modelling the distribution and transmission intensity of lymphatic filariasis in sub-Saharan Africa prior to scaling up interventions : integrated use of geostatistical and mathematical modelling
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Moraga, Paula, Cano, Jorge, Baggaley, Rebecca F., Gyapong, John O., Njenga, Sammy M., Nikolay, Birgit, Davies, Emmanuel, Rebollo, Maria P., Pullan, Rachel L., Bockarie, Moses J., Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre, Gambhir, Manoj and Brooker, Simon J. (2015) Modelling the distribution and transmission intensity of lymphatic filariasis in sub-Saharan Africa prior to scaling up interventions : integrated use of geostatistical and mathematical modelling. Parasites & Vectors, 8 (1). pp. 1-16. 560. doi:10.1186/s13071-015-1166-x ISSN 1756-3305.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1166-x
Abstract
Background:
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for global elimination. The ability to interrupt transmission is, partly, influenced by the underlying intensity of transmission and its geographical variation. This information can also help guide the design of targeted surveillance activities. The present study uses a combination of geostatistical and mathematical modelling to predict the prevalence and transmission intensity of LF prior to the implementation of large-scale control in sub-Saharan Africa.
Methods:
A systematic search of the literature was undertaken to identify surveys on the prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia (mf), based on blood smears, and on the prevalence of antigenaemia, based on the use of an immuno-chromatographic card test (ICT). Using a suite of environmental and demographic data, spatiotemporal multivariate models were fitted separately for mf prevalence and ICT-based prevalence within a Bayesian framework and used to make predictions for non-sampled areas. Maps of the dominant vector species of LF were also developed. The maps of predicted prevalence and vector distribution were linked to mathematical models of the transmission dynamics of LF to infer the intensity of transmission, quantified by the basic reproductive number (R 0 ).
Results:
The literature search identified 1267 surveys that provide suitable data on the prevalence of mf and 2817 surveys that report the prevalence of antigenaemia. Distinct spatial predictions arose from the models for mf prevalence and ICT-based prevalence, with a wider geographical distribution when using ICT-based data. The vector distribution maps demonstrated the spatial variation of LF vector species. Mathematical modelling showed that the reproduction number (R 0 ) estimates vary from 2.7 to 30, with large variations between and within regions.
Conclusions:
LF transmission is highly heterogeneous, and the developed maps can help guide intervention, monitoring and surveillance strategies as countries progress towards LF elimination.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Lymphatics -- Diseases, Medical statistics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Parasites & Vectors | ||||||||
Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1756-3305 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 24 October 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-16 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 560 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1186/s13071-015-1166-x | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 December 2015 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 31 December 2015 | ||||||||
Funder: | Coalition for Operational Research on the NTDs (COR-NTD), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust (London, England), GlaxoSmithKline, Great Britain. Department for International Development | ||||||||
Grant number: | 098045 (WT), OPP1033751 (B&MGF) |
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