Risk Profiling of Hookworm Infection and Intensity in Southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic Using Bayesian Models

BACKGROUND: Among the common soil-transmitted helminth infections, hookworm causes the highest burden. Previous research in the southern part of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) revealed high prevalence rates of hookworm infection. The purpose of this study was to predict the spatial distr...

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Autores principales: Forrer, Armelle, Vounatsou, Penelope, Sayasone, Somphou, Vonghachack, Youthanavanh, Bouakhasith, Dalouny, Utzinger, Jürg, Akkhavong, Kongsap, Odermatt, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25822794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003486