Household transmission of scabies and impacts of alternative intervention strategies
This project uses prevalence data collected in Monrovia, Liberia to characterise an agent-based model of scabies transmission. Once developed, the model will be used to answer questions about transmission sources, likely impacts of alternative targeted interventions and optimal surveillance strategies. As data sources from Australia become available, the model framework will be adapted to those settings.
Countries | Remote Australian Communities |
Diseases | Scabies |
Drugs | - |
Research Discipline | Mathematical Modelling |
Main Investigator/Other InvestigatorsProfessor |
Professor Jodie McVernon |
Contact Person | Associate Professor Nic Geard |
Associate Investigators/Other Collaborators | Associate Professor Nic Geard, Dr Trish Campbell, Nefel Tellioğlu |
Link to Project | - |
Partner Organisations or Research Institutions involved | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health Neglected Tropical Disease Modelling Consortium |
Approximate project duration | 2020-2022 |