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Spatial modelling and the prediction of Loa loa risk: decision making under uncertainty

P. J. DiggleDepartment of MedicineLancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, U.K.
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M. C. ThomsonInternational Research Institute for Climate and SocietyThe Earth Institute of Columbia University, Lamont Campus, P.O.B. 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, U.S.A.
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O. F. ChristensenBioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Hoegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, Building 090, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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B. RowlingsonDepartment of MedicineLancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, U.K.
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V. ObsomerInternational Research Institute for Climate and SocietyThe Earth Institute of Columbia University, Lamont Campus, P.O.B. 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, U.S.A.; Entomology Unit, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
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J. GardonLaboratoire Mixte Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)–Centre Pasteur du Cameroun d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, P.O. Box. 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon, and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UR 024, 34000, Montpellier, France
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S. WanjiDepartment of Life SciencesFaculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon
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I. TakougangDepartment of Public HealthFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 1364, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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P. EnyongTropical Medicine Research StationP.O. Box 55, Kumba, Cameroon
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J. KamgnoLaboratoire Mixte Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)–Centre Pasteur du Cameroun d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, P.O. Box. 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon, and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UR 024, 34000, Montpellier, France
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J. H. RemmeUNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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M. BoussinesqLaboratoire Mixte Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)–Centre Pasteur du Cameroun d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, P.O. Box. 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon, and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UR 024, 34000, Montpellier, France
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D. H. MolyneuxLiverpool School of Tropical MedicinePembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U.K.
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Pages 499-509 | Published online: 18 Dec 2013

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