Geostatistical modelling enables efficient safety assessment for mass drug administration with ivermectin in Loa loa endemic areas through a combined antibody and LoaScope testing strategy for elimination of onchocerciasis

• Olatunji Johnson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: olatunjijohnson21111@gmail.com

  Affiliations CHICAS, Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4080-0999

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• Emanuele Giorgi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CHICAS, Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0640-181X

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• Claudio Fronterrè,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CHICAS, Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6723-9727

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• Benjamin Amoah,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CHICAS, Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-2704

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• Julienne Atsame,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Control Program of Parasitic Diseases, Libreville, Gabon

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• Sylvie Ntsame Ella,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Control Program of Parasitic Diseases, Libreville, Gabon

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• Marco Biamonte,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases, San Diego, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6870-6283

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• Kisito Ogoussan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation FHI 360, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3094-3064

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• Lee Hundley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-4398

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• Katherine Gass,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-8039

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• Peter J. Diggle

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CHICAS, Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3521-5020

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