A mechanistic hydro-epidemiological model of liver fluke risk
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 201220921
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1098/rsif.2018.0072
- Title of journal
- Journal of the Royal Society Interface
- Article number
- 20180072
- First page
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- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 145
- ISSN
- 1742-5689
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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8
- Research group(s)
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I - Water and Environmental Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper introduces the first ever large-scale mechanistic hydro-epidemiological model for liver fluke - a globally active parasite infecting animals and humans. The study integrated knowledge from hydrology, biology and medicine. The model enables - for the first time – both the assessment of climate change impacts on future infection risk and the testing of intervention strategies including environmental management. The paper was the core contribution in the first author’s PhD thesis. Based on this work, the WHO commissioned us to develop a general policy brief on the role of different environmental controls on (water-based) infectious disease risk across Europe.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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