The national distribution of lymphatic filariasis cases in Malawi using patient mapping and geostatistical modelling

• Carrie Barrett ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Carrie.Barrett@lstmed.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8623-383X

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• John Chiphwanya,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Square Mkwanda,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Dorothy E. Matipula,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Paul Ndhlovu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Limbikani Chaponda,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Joseph D. Turner,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Emanuele Giorgi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lancaster Medical School, South West Drive, Bailrigg, Lancaster, United Kingdom

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• Hannah Betts,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Sarah Martindale,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Mark J. Taylor,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Jonathan M. Read ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Read, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lancaster Medical School, South West Drive, Bailrigg, Lancaster, United Kingdom

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• Louise A. Kelly-Hope

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Read, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Livestock and One Health, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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