Model-based Geostatistics for Global Public Health: Methods and Applications provides an
introductory account of model-based geostatistics, its implementation in open-source …

Obtaining a representative sample of disease vectors (mosquitoes, flies, ticks, etc.) is
essential for researchers to draw meaningful conclusions about the entire vector population …

Introduction In the context of malaria elimination, interventions will need to target high
burden areas to further reduce transmission. Current tools to monitor and report disease …

Background Due to outdoor and residual transmission and insecticide resistance, long-
lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) will be insufficient as …

Maps of the geographical variation in prevalence play an important role in large-scale
programs for the control of neglected tropical diseases. Precontrol map** is needed to …

Background: Monitoring malaria transmission is a critical component of efforts to achieve
targets for elimination and eradication. Two commonly monitored metrics of transmission …

The identification of disease hotspots is an increasingly important public health problem.
While geospatial modeling offers an opportunity to predict the locations of hotspots using …

In sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), there is high morbidity and mortality from severe bacterial
infection and this is compounded by antimicrobial resistance, in particular, resistance to 3rd …

Background Household surveys are a key epidemiological, medical, and social research
method. In poor urban environments, such as slums, censuses can often be out-of-date or …

Widespread application of insecticide remains the primary form of control for Chagas
disease in Central America, despite only temporarily reducing domestic levels of the …