Tools from ecology: useful for evaluating infection risk models?

Simon Brooker ; Simon I Hay ; Don AP Bundy ORCID logo ; (2002) Tools from ecology: useful for evaluating infection risk models? Trends in parasitology, 18 (2). pp. 70-74. ISSN 1471-4922 DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4922(01)02223-1
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Despite the increasing number of models to predict infection risk for a range of diseases, the assessment of their spatial limits, predictive performance and practical application are not widely undertaken. Using the example of Schistosoma haematobium in Africa, this article illustrates how ecozonation and receiver-operator characteristic analysis can help to assess the usefulness of available models objectively.
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Keywords Africa, epidemiology, Animal, Climate, Communicable Diseases, drug therapy, epidemiology, Ecology, Human, Mass Screening, Models, Biological, Predictive Value of Tests, ROC Curve, Reproducibility of Results, Risk Factors, Schistosoma haematobium, drug effects, growth & development, Schistosomiasis haematobia, drug therapy, epidemiology, prevention & control, Schistosomicides, administration & dosage, pharmacology, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
ISI 173624600007
Date Deposited 17 Oct 2011 23:15

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