Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 662

Full Length Research Paper

Denoising a model employing automated bandwidth selection procedures and pre-whitened Euclidean-based quadratic surrogates in PROC ARIMA for optimizing asymptotic expansions and simulations of onchocerciasis endemic transmission zones in Burkina Faso

Benjamin G. Jacob
  • Benjamin G. Jacob
  • Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Robert J. Novak
  • Robert J. Novak
  • Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Laurent Toe
  • Laurent Toe
  • Multi-Disease Surveillance Centre (MDSC), 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Moussas S. Sanfo
  • Moussas S. Sanfo
  • Multi-Disease Surveillance Centre (MDSC), 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Rose Tibgueria
  • Rose Tibgueria
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
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Alain Pare
  • Alain Pare
  • African Programs for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), Epidemiology and Vector Elimination, 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Mounkaila Noma
  • Mounkaila Noma
  • African Programs for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), Epidemiology and Vector Elimination, 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Daniel Griffith
  • Daniel Griffith
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
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Thomas R. Unnasch
  • Thomas R. Unnasch
  • Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Benjamin G. Jacob*
  • Benjamin G. Jacob*
  • Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
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Robert J. Novak
  • Robert J. Novak
  • Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
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Laurent Toe
  • Laurent Toe
  • Multi-Disease Surveillance Centre (MDSC), 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Moussas S. Sanfo
  • Moussas S. Sanfo
  • Multi-Disease Surveillance Centre (MDSC), 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Rose Tibgueria
  • Rose Tibgueria
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Alain Pare
  • Alain Pare
  • African Programs for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), Epidemiology and Vector Elimination, 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Mounkaila Noma
  • Mounkaila Noma
  • African Programs for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), Epidemiology and Vector Elimination, 1473 Avenue Naba Zombré, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Daniel Griffith
  • Daniel Griffith
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Thomas R. Unnasch
  • Thomas R. Unnasch
  • Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
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  •  Received: 15 February 2014
  •  Accepted: 22 August 2014
  •  Published: 30 November 2014