An age-structured spatially varying coefficient model for high-resolution mapping of vaccination coverage

C. Edson Utazi; Somnath Chaudhuri; Oghenebrume Wariri; Iyanuloluwa D. Olowe; Mohamed Megheib; Andrew J. Tatem

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013989

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An age-structured spatially varying coefficient model for high-resolution mapping of vaccination coverage

C. Edson Utazi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: c.e.utazi@soton.ac.uk

Affiliations WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0534-5310

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Somnath Chaudhuri,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Oghenebrume Wariri,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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Iyanuloluwa D. Olowe,

Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Mohamed Megheib,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Department of Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6088-363X

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Andrew J. Tatem

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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An age-structured spatially varying coefficient model for high-resolution mapping of vaccination coverage

C. Edson Utazi,
Somnath Chaudhuri,
Oghenebrume Wariri,
Iyanuloluwa D. Olowe,
Mohamed Megheib,
Andrew J. Tatem

Published: February 17, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013989

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