Assessing the impact of intervention strategies against Taenia solium cysticercosis using the EPICYST transmission model.

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Published in Parasit Vectors on February 09, 2017

Authors

Peter Winskill1,2, Wendy E Harrison3,2, Michael D French3,2,4, Matthew A Dixon2, Bernadette Abela-Ridder5, María-Gloria Basáñez6,7

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, W2 1PG, UK.
2: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, W2 1PG, UK.
3: Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, London, W2 1PG, UK.
4: Current address: Research Triangle Institute, 701 13st Street NW, Washington D.C., 20005, USA.
5: Neglected Zoonotic Diseases Team, Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), World Health Organization (WHO), 20 Avenue Appia, 1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
6: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, W2 1PG, UK. m.basanez@imperial.ac.uk.
7: London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, W2 1PG, UK. m.basanez@imperial.ac.uk.

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