Understanding the impact of covariates on the classification of implementation units for soil-transmitted helminths control: a case study from Kenya
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Li G, Diggle P, Blangiardo M. Integrating wastewater and randomised prevalence survey data for national COVID surveillance. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 5124. PMID: 38429366, PMCID: PMC10907376, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55752-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence dataPrevalence surveySurveillance systemCollection of health dataDisease prevalenceMeasures of prevalenceLocal disease prevalenceWastewaterSpatial resolutionWastewater dataPrevalence survey dataHealth dataReduced scaleDisease metricsCoarser spatial resolutionDisease-agnosticPrevalenceCOVID-19 pandemicSurveillance toolPost-pandemic settingEarly detectionNon-epidemic periodsCost-effective mannerSurveyDetect outbreaks