Modelling to Quantify the Likelihood that Local Elimination of Transmission has Occurred Using Routine Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis Surveillance Data
Author(s) -
Christopher N. Davis,
Soledad Castaño,
Maryam Aliee,
Swati Patel,
Erick Mwamba Miaka,
Matt J. Keeling,
Simon E. F. Spencer,
Nakul Chitnis,
Kat S. Rock
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab190
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiological surveillance , statistics , medicine , geography , demography , environmental health , econometrics , epidemiology , computer science , mathematics , telecommunications , sociology
The gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) elimination programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) routinely collects case data through passive surveillance and active screening, with several regions reporting no cases for several years, despite being endemic in the early 2000s.
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