Continental-scale, data-driven predictive assessment of eliminating the vector-borne disease, lymphatic filariasis, in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020.

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Published in BMC Med on September 27, 2017

Authors

Edwin Michael1, Brajendra K Singh2, Benjamin K Mayala2, Morgan E Smith2, Scott Hampton3, Jaroslaw Nabrzyski3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Galvin Life Science Center, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA. emichael@nd.edu.
2: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Galvin Life Science Center, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
3: Center for Research Computing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.

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