Journal article
Mapping and modelling the geographical distribution and environmental limits of podoconiosis in Ethiopia
K Deribe, J Cano, MJ Newport, N Golding, RL Pullan, H Sime, A Gebretsadik, A Assefa, A Kebede, A Hailu, MP Rebollo, O Shafi, MJ Bockarie, A Aseffa, SI Hay, R Reithinger, F Enquselassie, G Davey, SJ Brooker
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2015
Abstract
Background Ethiopia is assumed to have the highest burden of podoconiosis globally, but the geographical distribution and environmental limits and correlates are yet to be fully investigated. In this paper we use data from a nationwide survey to address these issues. Methodology Our analyses are based on data arising from the integrated mapping of podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis (LF) conducted in 2013, supplemented by data from an earlier mapping of LF in western Ethiopia in 2008–2010. The integrated mapping used woreda (district) health offices’ reports of podoconiosis and LF to guide selection of survey sites. A suite of environmental and climatic data and boosted regression tree (BR..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was financially supported by The Wellcome Trust [grant number 099876]. KD is supported by a Wellcome Trust Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine [grant number 099876]. GD is supported by a Wellcome Trust University award [grant number 091956] to do work in podoconiosis. SJB is supported by a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science [grant number 098045], which also supports RLP and the Global Atlas of Helminth Infections (www.thiswormyworld.org). SIH is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (#095066), which also supports NG and a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (#OPP1093011). SIH would also like to acknowledge funding support from the RAPIDD program of the Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, and the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.