Big-data-driven modeling unveils country-wide drivers of endemic schistosomiasis

Abstract Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, where it represents a major health problem. We study the drivers of its geographical distribution in Senegal via a spatially explicit network model accounting for epidemiological dynamics driven by local soci...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Mari, Marino Gatto, Manuela Ciddio, Elhadji D. Dia, Susanne H. Sokolow, Giulio A. De Leo, Renato Casagrandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00493-1