When, Who, and How to Sample: Designing Practical Surveillance for 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases As We Approach Elimination

Overview

Journal J Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2020 Jun 13

PMID 32529261

Citations 10

Authors

Jaspreet Toor

Luc E Coffeng

Jonathan I D Hamley

Claudio Fronterre

Joaquin M Prada

M Soledad Castano

Emma L Davis

William Godwin

Andreia Vasconcelos

Graham F Medley

T Deirdre Hollingsworth

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Abstract

As neglected tropical disease programs look to consolidate the successes of moving towards elimination, we need to understand the dynamics of transmission at low prevalence to inform surveillance strategies for detecting elimination and resurgence. In this special collection, modelling insights are used to highlight drivers of local elimination, evaluate strategies for detecting resurgence, and show the importance of rational spatial sampling schemes for several neglected tropical diseases (specifically schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, onchocerciasis, visceral leishmaniasis, and gambiense sleeping sickness).

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