PMID- 24038366
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130917
LR  - 20160511
IS  - 1876-3413 (Print)
IS  - 1876-3405 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Sep
TI  - Planning schistosomiasis control: investigation of alternative sampling 
      strategies for Schistosoma mansoni to target mass drug administration of 
      praziquantel in East Africa.
PG  - 165-75
LID - 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.06.002 [doi]
AB  - In schistosomiasis control, there is a need to geographically target treatment to 
      populations at high risk of morbidity. This paper evaluates alternative sampling 
      strategies for surveys of Schistosoma mansoni to target mass drug administration 
      in Kenya and Ethiopia. Two main designs are considered: lot quality assurance 
      sampling (LQAS) of children from all schools; and a geostatistical design that 
      samples a subset of schools and uses semi-variogram analysis and spatial 
      interpolation to predict prevalence in the remaining unsurveyed schools. 
      Computerized simulations are used to investigate the performance of sampling 
      strategies in correctly classifying schools according to treatment needs and 
      their cost-effectiveness in identifying high prevalence schools. LQAS performs 
      better than geostatistical sampling in correctly classifying schools, but at a 
      cost with a higher cost per high prevalence school correctly classified. It is 
      suggested that the optimal surveying strategy for S. mansoni needs to take into 
      account the goals of the control programme and the financial and drug resources 
      available.
FAU - Sturrock, Hugh J W
AU  - Sturrock HJ
AD  - Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and 
      Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
FAU - Gething, Pete W
AU  - Gething PW
FAU - Ashton, Ruth A
AU  - Ashton RA
FAU - Kolaczinski, Jan H
AU  - Kolaczinski JH
FAU - Kabatereine, Narcis B
AU  - Kabatereine NB
FAU - Brooker, Simon
AU  - Brooker S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int Health
JT  - International health
JID - 101517095
EDAT- 2011/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 2011/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 2013/09/17 06:00
PHST- 2013/09/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/09/01 00:01 [medline]
AID - j.inhe.2011.06.002 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.06.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Health. 2011 Sep;3(3):165-75. doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.06.002.