2.6 EPIDEMIOLOGY, PARASITE BIOLOGY, MODELING

K. Yankum Dadzie
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    World Health Organization, 2003. Control of Lymphatic Filariasis in China. Geneva: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region.

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    Churcher TS, Basáñez MG, Ferguson NM, 2004. Density dependence and overdispersion in the transmission of helminth parasites. Parasitology (in press).

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    Snow LC, Michael E, 2002. Transmission dynamics of lymphatic filariasis: density-dependence in the uptake of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria by vector mosquitoes. Med Vet Entomol 16 :409–423.

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    Subramanian S, Krishnamoorthy K, Ramaiah KD, Habbema JD, Das PK, Plaisier AP, 1998. The relationship between microfilarial load in the human host and uptake and development of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae by Culex quinquefasciatus: a study under natural conditions. Parasitology 116 :243–255.

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    Subramanian S, Stolk WA, Ramaiah KD, Plaisier AP, Krishnamoorthy K, van Oortmarssen GJ, Amalraj D, Habbema JD, Das PK, 2004. The dynamics of Wuchereria bancrofti infection: a model-based analysis of longitudinal data from Pondicherry, India. Parasitology 128 :467–482.

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    Chan MS, Srividya A, Norman RA, Pani SP, Ramaiah KD, Vanamail P, Michael E., Das PK, Bundy DA, 1998. Epifil: a dynamic model of infection and disease in lymphatic filariasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 59 :606–614.

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    Norman RA, Chan M-S, Srividya A, Pani SP, Ramaiah KD, Vanamail P, Michael E, Das PK, Bundy DA, 2001. EPIFIL: the development of an age-structured model for describing the transmission dynamics and control of lymphatic filariasis. Epidemiol Infect 124 :529–541.

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    Plaisier AP, Subramanian S, Das PK, Souza W, Lapa T, Furtado AF, van der Ploeg CP, Habbema JD, van Oortmarssen GJ, 1998. The LYMFASIM stimulation program for modeling lymphatic filariasis and its control. Methods Inf Med 37 :97–108.

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    Stolk WA, Subramanian S, van Oortmarssen GJ, Das PK, Habbema JD, 2003. Prospects for elimination of bancroftian filariasis by mass drug treatment in Pondicherry, India: a stimulation study. J Infect Dis 188 :1371–1381.

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    Basáñez M-G, Collins RC, Porter CH, Little MP, Brandling-Bennett D, 2002. Transmission intensity and the patterns of Onchocerca volvulus infection in human communities. Am J Trop Med Hyg 67 :669–679.

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