Items where contributor is "Vounatsou, Penelope"
2018Amek, Nyaguara O. and Van Eijk, Annemieke and Lindblade, Kim A. and Hamel, Mary and Bayoh, Nabie and Gimnig, John and Laserson, Kayla F. and Slutsker, Laurence and Smith, Thomas and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2018) Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy. Malaria journal, 17. p. 37. 2017Ssempiira, Julius and Nambuusi, Betty and Kissa, John and Agaba, Bosco and Makumbi, Fredrick and Kasasa, Simon and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2017) Geostatistical modelling of malaria indicator survey data to assess the effects of interventions on the geographical distribution of malaria prevalence in children less than 5 years in Uganda. PLoS one, 12 (4). e0174948. Pedersen, Ulrik B. and Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios and Midzi, Nicholas and Mduluza, Tkafira and Mukaratirwa, Samson and Fensholt, Rasmus and Vennervald, Birgitte J. and Kristensen, Thomas K. and Vounatsou, Penelope and Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie. (2017) Comparison of the spatial patterns of schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe at two points in time, spaced twenty-nine years apart : is climate variability of importance? Geospatial Health, 12 (1). pp. 59-66. Thiam, Sokhna and Diène, Aminata N. and Fuhrimann, Samuel and Winkler, Mirko S. and Sy, Ibrahima and Ndione, Jacques A. and Schindler, Christian and Vounatsou, Penelope and Utzinger, Jürg and Faye, Ousmane and Cissé, Guéladio. (2017) Prevalence of diarrhoea and risk factors among children under five years old in Mbour, Senegal: a cross-sectional study. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 6. p. 109. Khagayi, Sammy and Amek, Nyaguara and Bigogo, Godfrey and Odhiambo, Frank and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2017) Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of mortality in relation to malaria incidence in Western Kenya. PloS one, 12 (7). e0180516. Thiam, Sokhna and Diène, Aminata N. and Sy, Ibrahima and Winkler, Mirko S. and Schindler, Christian and Ndione, Jacques A. and Faye, Ousmane and Vounatsou, Penelope and Utzinger, Jürg and Cissé, Guéladio. (2017) Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal. International journal of environmental research and public health, 14 (9). p. 1049. Bärenbold, Oliver and Raso, Giovanna and Coulibaly, Jean T. and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2017) Estimating sensitivity of the Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in relation to infection intensity. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 11 (10). e0005953. 2016Chammartin, Frédérique and Probst-Hensch, Nicole and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2016) Mortality atlas of the main causes of death in Switzerland, 2008-2012. Swiss Medical Weekly, 146. w14280. Yapi, Richard B. and Chammartin, Frédérique and Hürlimann, Eveline and Houngbedji, Clarisse A. and N'Dri, Prisca B. and Silué, Kigbafori D. and Utzinger, Jürg and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Vounatsou, Penelope and Raso, Giovanna. (2016) Bayesian risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infections and estimates of preventive chemotherapy for school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasites and Vectors, 9 (1). p. 162. Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie and Vounatsou, Penelope and Onapa, Ambrose W. and Utzinger, Jürg and Pedersen, Erling M. and Kristensen, Thomas K. and Simonsen, Paul E.. (2016) Ecological drivers of Mansonella perstans infection in Uganda and patterns of co-endemicity with lymphatic filariasis and malaria. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10 (1). e0004319. Kouassi, Bernard L. and de Souza, Dziedzom K. and Goepogui, Andre and Balde, Siradiou M. and Diakité, Lamia and Sagno, Arsène and Djameh, Georgina I. and Chammartin, Frédérique and Vounatsou, Penelope and Bockarie, Moses J. and Utzinger, Jürg and Koudou, Benjamin G.. (2016) Low prevalence of Plasmodium and absence of malaria transmission in Conakry, Guinea : prospects for elimination. Malaria journal, 15. p. 175. Schär, Fabian and Giardina, Federica and Khieu, Virak and Muth, Sinuon and Vounatsou, Penelope and Marti, Hanspeter and Odermatt, Peter. (2016) Occurrence of and risk factors for Strongyloides stercoralis infection in South-East Asia. Acta tropica, 159. pp. 227-238. Houngbedji, Clarisse A. and Chammartin, Frédérique and Yapi, Richard B. and Hürlimann, Eveline and N'Dri, Prisca B. and Silué, Kigbafori D. and Soro, Gotianwa and Koudou, Benjamin G. and Assi, Serge-Brice and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Fantodji, Agathe and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope and Raso, Giovanna. (2016) Spatial mapping and prediction of Plasmodium falciparum infection risk among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasites and Vectors, 9. p. 494. Bennett, Adam and Yukich, Josh and Miller, John M. and Keating, Joseph and Moonga, Hawela and Hamainza, Busiku and Kamuliwo, Mulakwa and Andrade-Pacheco, Ricardo and Vounatsou, Penelope and Steketee, Richard W. and Eisele, Thomas P.. (2016) The relative contribution of climate variability and vector control coverage to changes in malaria parasite prevalence in Zambia 2006-2012. Parasites and Vectors, 9 (1). p. 431. Lo, Nathan C. and Lai, Ying-Si and Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios and Bogoch, Isaac I. and Coulibaly, Jean T. and Bendavid, Eran and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope and Andrews, Jason R.. (2016) Assessment of global guidelines for preventive chemotherapy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis : a cost-effectiveness modelling study. The Lancet infectious diseases, 16 (9). pp. 1065-1075. Biggeri, Annibale and Catelan, Dolores and Conesa, David and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2016) Spatio-temporal statistics : applications in epidemiology, veterinary medicine and ecology. Geospatial Health, 11 (1). p. 469. Diboulo, Eric and Sié, Ali and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2016) Assessing the effects of malaria interventions on the geographical distribution of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal, 15. p. 228. Boelaert, Marleen and Nidiag Consortium, . (2016) Clinical research on neglected tropical diseases : challenges and solutions. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 (11). e0004853. Krauth, S. J. and Wandel, N. and Traoré, S. I. and Vounatsou, P. and Hattendorf, J. and Achi, L. Y. and McNeill, K. and N'Groan, E. K. and Utzinger, J.. (2016) Distribution of intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis in relation to environmental factors during the dry season in the Tchologo region, Côte d'Ivoire. Advances in Water Resources, 108. pp. 386-396. 2015Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios and Odermatt, Peter and Biedermann, Patricia and Khieu, Virak and Schär, Fabian and Muth, Sinuon and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Cambodia : do socioeconomic factors improve predictions? Acta tropica, 141, Pt B. pp. 204-212. Karagiannis-Voules, D. A. and Biedermann, P. and Ekpo, U. F. and Garba, A. and Langer, E. and Mathieu, E. and Midzi, P. and Mwinzi, P. and Polderman, A. M. and Raso, G. and Sacko, M. and Talla, I. and Tchuem Tchuenté, L. A. and Touré, S. and Winkler, M. S. and Utzinger, J. and Vounatsou, P.. (2015) Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa : a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. The Lancet infectious diseases, Vol. 15, H. 1. pp. 74-84. Houngbedji, Clarisse A. and N'Dri, Prisca B. and Hürlimann, Eveline and Yapi, Richard B. and Silué, Kigbafori D. and Soro, Gotianwa and Koudou, Benjamin G. and Acka, Cinthia A. and Assi, Serge-Brice and Vounatsou, Penelope and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Fantodji, Agathe and Utzinger, Jürg and Raso, Giovanna. (2015) Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged children : a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d'Ivoire. Malaria journal, Vol. 14 , 7. Amek, Nyaguara and Vounatsou, Penelope and Obonyo, Benson and Hamel, Mary and Odhiambo, Frank and Slutsker, Laurence and Laserson, Kayla. (2015) Using health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) data to analyze geographical distribution of socio-economic status; an experience from KEMRI/CDC HDSS. Acta tropica, 144. pp. 24-30. Forrer, Armelle and Vounatsou, Penelope and Sayasone, Somphou and Vonghachack, Youthanavanh and Bouakhasith, Dalouny and Utzinger, Jürg and Akkhavong, Kongsap and Odermatt, Peter. (2015) Risk profiling of hookworm infection and intensity in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic using bayesian models. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 9, H. 3 , e0003486. Adigun, Abbas B. and Gajere, Efron N. and Oresanya, Olusola and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Malaria risk in Nigeria : Bayesian geostatistical modelling of 2010 malaria indicator survey data. Malaria journal, Vol. 14 , 156. Diboulo, Eric and Sié, Ali and Diadier, Diallo A. and Voules, Dimitrios A. Karagiannis and Yé, Yazoume and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Bayesian variable selection in modelling geographical heterogeneity in malaria transmission from sparse data : an application to Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) data, Burkina Faso. Parasites and vectors, Vol. 8 , 118. Oluwole, Akinola S. and Ekpo, Uwem F. and Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios and Abe, Eniola M. and Olamiju, Francisca O. and Isiyaku, Sunday and Okoronkwo, Chukwu and Saka, Yisa and Nebe, Obiageli J. and Braide, Eka I. and Mafiana, Chiedu F. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Nigeria, including annual deworming requirements. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 9, H. 4 , e0003740. Assaré, Rufin K. and Lai, Ying-Si and Yapi, Ahoua and Tian-Bi, Yves-Nathan T. and Ouattara, Mamadou and Yao, Patrick K. and Knopp, Stefanie and Vounatsou, Penelope and Utzinger, Jürg and N'Goran, Eliézer K.. (2015) The spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection in four regions of western Côte d'Ivoire. Geospatial health, Vol. 10, H. 345. pp. 69-79. Dlamini, Sabelo Nick and Franke, Jonas and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Assessing the relationship between environmental factors and malaria vector breeding sites in Swaziland using multi-scale remotely sensed data. Geospatial health, Vol. 10, H. 302. pp. 88-98. Lai, Ying-Si and Biedermann, Patricia and Ekpo, Uwem F. and Garba, Amadou and Mathieu, Els and Midzi, Nicholas and Mwinzi, Pauline and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Raso, Giovanna and Assaré, Rufin K. and Sacko, Moussa and Schur, Nadine and Talla, Idrissa and Tchuenté, Louis-Albert Tchuem and Touré, Seydou and Winkler, Mirko S. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa : a systematic review and geostatistical analysis. The Lancet infectious diseases, Vol. 15, H. 8. pp. 927-940. Herrmann, Christian and Ess, Silvia and Thürlimann, Beat and Probst-Hensch, Nicole and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) 40 years of progress in female cancer death risk: a Bayesian spatio-temporal mapping analysis in Switzerland. BMC cancer, 15. p. 666. Jürgens, Verena and Ess, Silvia and Schwenkglenks, Matthias and Cerny, Thomas and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Using lung cancer mortality to indirectly approximate smoking patterns in space. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology, 14-15. pp. 23-31. Walz, Yvonne and Wegmann, Martin and Dech, Stefan and Vounatsou, Penelope and Poda, Jean-Noël and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Utzinger, Jürg and Raso, Giovanna. (2015) Modeling and validation of environmental suitability for Schistosomiasis transmission using remote sensing. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 9 (11). e0004217. Giardina, Federica and Franke, Jonas and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2015) Geostatistical modelling of the malaria risk in Mozambique : effect of the spatial resolution when using remotely-sensed imagery. Geospatial Health, 10 (333). pp. 232-238. Walz, Yvonne and Wegmann, Martin and Leutner, Benjamin and Dech, Stefan and Vounatsou, Penelope and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Raso, Giovanna and Utzinger, Jürg. (2015) Use of an ecologically relevant modelling approach to improve remote sensing-based schistosomiasis risk profiling. Geospatial Health, 10 (398). pp. 271-279. 2014Khieu, Virak and Schär, Fabian and Forrer, Armelle and Hattendorf, Jan and Marti, Hanspeter and Duong, Socheat and Vounatsou, Penelope and Muth, Sinuon and Odermatt, Peter. (2014) High prevalence and spatial distribution of Strongyloides stercoralis in rural Cambodia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 8, H. 6 , e2854. Rumisha, Susan F. and Smith, Thomas A. and Masanja, Honorati and Abdulla, Salim and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2014) Relationship between child survival and malaria transmission : an analysis of the malaria transmission intensity and mortality burden across Africa (MTIMBA) project data in Rufiji demographic surveillance system, Tanzania. Malaria journal, Vol. 13 , 124. Scholte, Ronaldo G. C. and Gosoniu, Laura and Malone, John B. and Chammartin, Frédérique and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2014) Predictive risk mapping of schistosomiasis in Brazil using Bayesian geostatistical models. Acta tropica, 132. pp. 57-63. Rumisha, Susan Fred and Smith, Thomas and Abdulla, Salim and Masanja, Honorath and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2014) Modelling heterogeneity in malaria transmission using large sparse spatio-temporal entomological data. Global health action, Vol. 7 , 22682. Chammartin, Frédérique and Guimarães, Luiz H. and Scholte, Ronaldo Gc and Bavia, Mara E. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2014) Spatio-temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Brazil. Parasites and Vectors, 7 (440). Yapi, Richard B. and Hürlimann, Eveline and Houngbedji, Clarisse A. and Ndri, Prisca B. and Silué, Kigbafori D. and Soro, Gotianwa and Kouamé, Ferdinand N. and Vounatsou, Penelope and Fürst, Thomas and N'Goran, Eliézer K. and Utzinger, Jürg and Raso, Giovanna. (2014) Infection and co-infection with helminths and Plasmodium among school children in Côte d'Ivoire : results from a National Cross-Sectional Survey. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 8, H. 6 , e2913. Jürgens, Verena and Ess, Silvia and Cerny, Thomas and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2014) A Bayesian generalized age-period-cohort power model for cancer projections. Statistics in medicine, Vol. 33, H. 26. pp. 4627-4636. Giardina, Federica and Kasasa, Simon and Sié, Ali and Utzinger, Jürg and Tanner, Marcel and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2014) Effects of vector-control interventions on changes in risk of malaria parasitaemia in sub-Saharan Africa : a spatial and temporal analysis. The lancet. Global health, Vol. 2, H. 10 , e601-e615. Bennett, Adam and Yukich, Joshua and Miller, John M. and Vounatsou, Penelope and Hamainza, Busiku and Ingwe, Mercy M. and Moonga, Hawela B. and Kamuliwo, Mulakwo and Keating, Joseph and Smith, Thomas A. and Steketee, Richard W. and Eisele, Thomas P.. (2014) A methodological framework for the improved use of routine health system data to evaluate national malaria control programs : evidence from Zambia. Population health metrics, Vol. 12 , 30. Chammartin, Frédérique and Houngbedji, Clarisse A. and Hürlimann, Eveline and Yapi, Richard B. and Silué, Kigbafori D. and Soro, Gotianwa and Kouamé, Ferdinand N. and N. Goran, Eliézer K. and Utzinger, Jürg and Raso, Giovanna and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2014) Bayesian risk mapping and model-based estimation of Schistosoma haematobium : Schistosoma mansoni co-distribution in Côte d'Ivoire. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 8, H. 12 , e3407. 2013Briët, Olivier J. T. and Amerasinghe, Priyanie H. and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Generalized seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models for count data with application to malaria time series with low case numbers. PloS one, Vol. 8, H. 6 , e65761. Chammartin, Frédérique and Scholte, Ronaldo Gc and Guimarães, Luiz H. and Tanner, Marcel and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Soil-transmitted helminth infection in South America : a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. The Lancet infectious diseases, Vol. 13, H. 6. pp. 507-518. Musenge, Eustasius and Vounatsou, Penelope and Collinson, Mark and Tollman, Stephen and Kahn, Kathleen. (2013) The contribution of spatial analysis to understanding HIV/TB mortality in children : a structural equation modelling approach. Global health action, Vol. 6 , 19266. Rumisha, S. F. and Smith, T. and Abdulla, S. and Masanja, H. and Vounatsou, P.. (2013) Assessing seasonal variations and age patterns in mortality during the first year of life in Tanzania. Acta tropica : Zeitschrift für Tropenwissenschaften und Tropenmedizin, 126 (1). pp. 28-36. Chammartin, Frédérique and Scholte, Ronaldo Gc and Malone, John B. and Bavia, Mara E. and Nieto, Prixia and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia. Parasites and Vectors, 6 (152). Ekpo, Uwem F. and Hürlimann, Eveline and Schur, Nadine and Oluwole, Akinola S. and Abe, Eniola M. and Mafe, Margaret A. and Nebe, Obiageli J. and Isiyaku, Sunday and Olamiju, Francisca and Kadiri, Mukaila and Poopola, Temitope O. S. and Braide, Eka I. and Saka, Yisa and Mafiana, Chiedu F. and Kristensen, Thomas K. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Mapping and prediction of schistosomiasis in Nigeria using compiled survey data and Bayesian geospatial modelling. Geospatial health : health applications in geospatial science, Vol. 7, H. 2. pp. 355-366. Kasasa, Simon and Asoala, Victor and Gosoniu, Laura and Anto, Francis and Adjuik, Martin and Tindana, Cletus and Smith, Thomas and Owusu-Agyei, Seth and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Spatio-temporal malaria transmission patterns in Navrongo demographic surveillance site, northern Ghana. Malaria journal, Vol. 12 , 63. Jürgens, Verena and Ess, Silvia and Phuleria, Harish C. and Früh, Martin and Schwenkglenks, Matthias and Frick, Harald and Cerny, Thomas and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of tobacco-related cancer mortality in Switzerland. Geospatial health : health applications in geospatial science, 7 (2). pp. 219-236. Musenge, E. and Freeman Chirwa, T. and Kahn, K. and Vounatsou, P.. (2013) Bayesian analysis of zero inflated spatiotemporal HIV/TB child mortality data through the INLA and SPDE approaches : applied to data observed between 1992 and 2010 in rural north east South Africa. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, Vol. 22. pp. 86-98. Herrmann, Christian and Cerny, Thomas and Savidan, Anita and Vounatsou, Penelope and Konzelmann, Isabelle and Bouchardy, Christine and Frick, Harald and Ess, Silvia. (2013) Cancer survivors in Switzerland : a rapidly growing population to care for. BMC cancer, Vol. 13 , 287. Standley, Claire J. and Vounatsou, Penelope and Gosoniu, Laura and McKeon, Chloe and Adriko, Moses and Kabatereine, Narcis B. and Stothard, J. Russell. (2013) Micro-scale investigation of intestinal schistosomiasis transmission on Ngamba and Kimi islands, Lake Victoria, Uganda. Acta tropica, 128 (2). pp. 353-364. Mwanga, Joseph R. and Lwambo, Nicholas J. S. and Rumisha, Susan F. and Vounatsou, Penelope and Utzinger, Jürg. (2013) Dynamics of people's socio-economic status in the face of schistosomiasis control interventions in Ukerewe district, Tanzania. Acta tropica : Zeitschrift für Tropenwissenschaften und Tropenmedizin, 128 (2). pp. 399-406. Chammartin, Frédérique and Hürlimann, Eveline and Raso, Giovanna and N'goran, Eliézer K. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Statistical methodological issues in mapping historical schistosomiasis survey data. Acta tropica : Zeitschrift für Tropenwissenschaften und Tropenmedizin, 128 (2). pp. 345-352. Schär, Fabian and Trostdorf, Ulf and Giardina, Federica and Khieu, Virak and Muth, Sinuon and Marti, Hanspeter and Vounatsou, Penelope and Odermatt, Peter. (2013) Strongyloides stercoralis : global distribution and risk factors. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 7, H. 7 , e2288. Jürgens, V. and Ess, S. and Phuleria, H. C. and Früh, M. and Schwenkglenks, M. and Frick, H. and Cerny, T. and Vounatsou, P.. (2013) Tobacco-related cancer mortality : projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland. Swiss Medical Weekly, 143. w13771. Lai, Ying-Si and Zhou, Xiao-Nong and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Bayesian geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth survey data in the People's Republic of China. Parasites and Vectors, 6 (359). Karagiannis-Voules, Dimitrios-Alexios and Scholte, Ronaldo G. C. and Guimarães, Luiz H. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 7, H. 5 , e2213. Scholte, Ronaldo G. C. and Schur, Nadine and Bavia, Maria E. and Carvalho, Edgar M. and Chammartin, Frédérique and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Spatial analysis and risk mapping of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Brazil, using Bayesian geostatistical models. Geospatial health : health applications in geospatial science, Vol. 8, H. 1. pp. 97-110. Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope and Hürlimann, Eveline and Schur, Nadine and Saarnak, Christopher F. L. and Simoonga, Christopher and Mubita, Patricia and Kabatereine, Narcis B. and Tchuem Tchuenté, Louis-Albert and Rahbek, Carsten and Kristensen, Thomas K.. (2013) Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa : does climate matter? Acta tropica : Zeitschrift für Tropenwissenschaften und Tropenmedizin, 128 (2). pp. 378-390. Schur, Nadine and Hürlimann, Eveline and Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie and Chimfwembe, Kingford and Mushinge, Gabriel and Simoonga, Christopher and Kabatereine, Narcis B. and Kristensen, Thomas K. and Utzinger, Jürg and Vounatsou, Penelope. (2013) Spatially explicit Schistosoma infection risk in eastern Africa using Bayesian geostatistical modelling. Acta tropica : Zeitschrift für Tropenwissenschaften und Tropenmedizin, 128 (2). pp. 365-377. Hirve, Siddhivinayak and Vounatsou, Penelope and Juvekar, Sanjay and Blomstedt, Yulia and Wall, Stig and Chatterji, Somnath and Ng, Nawi. (2013) Self-rated health : small area large area comparisons amongst older adults at the state, district and sub-district level in India. Health & place : an international journal : a social science & medicine publication, Vol. 26. pp. 31-38. 2012Mudenda, N. B. and Malone, J. B. and Kearney, M. T. and Mischler, P. D. and del Mar Nieto, P. and McCarroll, J. C. and Vounatsou, P.. (2012) Modelling the ecological niche of hookworm in Brazil based on climate. Geospatial health, 6 (3). pp. 111-123. Mischler, P. and Kearney, M. and McCarroll, J. C. and Scholte, R. G. C. and Vounatsou, P. and Malone, J. B.. (2012) Environmental and socio-economic risk modelling for Chagas disease in Bolivia. Geospatial health, 6 (3). pp. 59-66. Scholte, R. G. C. and Carvalho, O. S. and Malone, J. B. and Utzinger, J. and Vounatsou, P.. (2012) Spatial distribution of Biomphalaria spp., the intermediate host snails of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil. Geospatial health, 6 (3). pp. 95-101. Lovis, L. and Mak, T. K. and Phongluxa, K. and Soukhathammavong, P. A. and Vonghachack, Y. and Keiser, J. and Vounatsou, P. and Tanner, M. and Hatz, C. and Utzinger, J. and Odermatt, P. and Akkhavong, K.. (2012) Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma mekongi and Opisthorchis viverrini : a randomized, single-blinded dose-comparison trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Vol. 6, H. 7 , e1726. Amek, N. and Bayoh, N. and Hamel, M. and Lindblade, K. A. and Gimnig, J. and Odhiambo, F. and Laserson, K. F. and Slutsker, L. and Smith, T. and Vounatsou, P.. (2012) Spatial and temporal dynamics of malaria transmission in rural western Kenya. Parasites and Vectors, 5 (86). Giardina, F. and Gosoniu, L. and Konate, L. and Diouf, M. B. and Perry, R. and Gaye, O. and Faye, O. and Vounatsou, P.. (2012) Estimating the burden of malaria in Senegal : Bayesian zero-inflated binomial geostatistical modeling of the MIS 2008 data. PLoS one, Vol. 7, H. 3 , e32625. Sayasone, S. and Rasphone, O. and Vanmany, M. and Vounatsou, P. and Utzinger, J. and Tanner, M. and Akkhavong, K. and Hatz, C. and Odermatt, P.. (2012) Severe morbidity due to Opisthorchis viverrini and Schistosoma mekongi infection in Lao PDR. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 55, H. 6 , e54-e57. Raso, G. and Schur, N. and Utzinger, J. and Koudou, B. G. and Tchicaya, E. S. and Rohner, F. and N'Goran, E. K. and Silué, K. D. and Matthys, B. and Assi, S. and Tanner, M. and Vounatsou, P.. (2012) Mapping malaria risk among children in Côte d'Ivoire using Bayesian geo-statistical models. Malaria journal, Vol. 11 , 160. Schur, N. and Vounatsou, P. and Utzinger, J.. (2012) Determining treatment needs at different spatial scales using geostatistical model-based risk estimates of schistosomiasis. 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