Additional file 1: of Modelling Neglected Tropical Diseases diagnostics: the sensitivity of skin snips for Onchocerca volvulus in near elimination and surveillance settings

Bottomley, Christian; Isham, Valerie; Vivas-Martínez, Sarai; Kuesel, Annette; Attah, Simon; Opoku, Nicholas; Lustigman, Sara; Walker, Martin; Basáñez, Maria-Gloria

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Additional file 1: of Modelling Neglected Tropical Diseases diagnostics: the sensitivity of skin snips for Onchocerca volvulus in near elimination and surveillance settings

Published in 2016 by Christian Bottomley, Valerie Isham, Sarai Vivas-Martínez, Annette Kuesel, Simon Attah, Nicholas Opoku, Sara Lustigman, Martin Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez

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Abstract

Additional figures illustrating setting-specific sensitivity and the influence of microfilarial overdispersion. Figure S1. Sensitivity of the skin snip method in the Amazonian focus of southern Venezuela. Figure S2. Sensitivity of the skin snip method in the Volta region of Ghana. Figure S3. Sensitivity of the skin snip method under different scenarios for the amount of microfilarial aggregation. (PDF 421 kb)