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A simulation-based method to inform serosurvey design for estimating the force of infection using existing blood samples

Article scientifique 2023 Anglais

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The extent to which dengue virus has been circulating globally and especially in Africa is largely unknown. Testing available blood samples from previous cross-sectional serological surveys offers a convenient strategy to investigate past dengue infections, as such serosurveys provide the ideal data to reconstruct the age-dependent immunity profile of the population and to estimate the average per-capita annual risk of infection: the force of infection (FOI), which is a fundamental measure of transmission intensity. In this study, we present a novel methodological approach to inform the size and age distribution of blood samples to test when samples are acquired from previous surveys. The method was used to inform SERODEN, a dengue seroprevalence survey which is currently being conducted in Ghana among other countries utilizing samples previously collected for a SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey. The method described in this paper can be employed to determine sample sizes and testing strategies for different diseases and transmission settings.

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Vicco, A., McCormack, C., Pedrique, B., Amuasi, J., Awuah, A., Obirikorang, C., Struck, N., Lorenz, E., May, J., Ribeiro, I., Malavige, G., Donnelly, C., Dorigatti, I. (2023). A simulation-based method to inform serosurvey design for estimating the force of infection using existing blood samples. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011666

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Anna Vicco Clare P. McCormack Belén Pedrique John Amuasi Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah Christian Obirikorang Nicole S. Struck Eva Lorenz Jürgen May Isabela Ribeiro Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige Christl A. Donnelly Ilaria Dorigatti

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