Journal article
The global distribution and transmission limits of lymphatic filariasis: Past and present
J Cano, MP Rebollo, N Golding, RL Pullan, T Crellen, A Soler, LA Kelly-Hope, SW Lindsay, SI Hay, MJ Bockarie, SJ Brooker
Parasites and Vectors | BMC | Published : 2014
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Abstract
Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for global elimination b 2020 and to guide elimination efforts countries have, in recent years, conducted extensive mapping surveys Documenting the past and present distribution of LF and its environmental limits is important for a number o reasons. Here, we present an initiative to develop a global atlas of LF and present a new global map of the limits o LF transmission Methods: We undertook a systematic search and assembly of prevalence data worldwide and used a suite o environmental and climatic data and boosted regression trees (BRT) modelling to map the transmission limits of LF Results: Data were i..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank all the authors who have provided access to survey data - for a full list of acknowledgements see: www.thiswormyworld.org. We would also like to thank David Addiss and Mark Bradley for their comments at early stages of the work. This work was funded by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1053338: JC, NG, SWL, SIH, SJB; OPP1033751: JC, RLP, SJB), GlaxoSmithKline (JC, SJB, MJB) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (MPR, LK-H and MJB) and Senior Research Fellowships from the Wellcome Trust (095066: SIH; 098045: SJB). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.