Pando, C., Hazel, A., Tsang, L.Y., Razafindrina, K., Andriamiadanarivo, A., Rabetombosoa, R.M., Ambinintsoa, I., Sadananda, G., Small, P.M., Knoblauch, A.M. and Rakotosamimanana, N., 2023. A social network analysis model approach to understand tuberculosis transmission in remote rural Madagascar. BMC Public Health, 23(1), p.1511.
Social network analysis (SNA), informed by ethnographic data on the nature and structure of human interactions, can provide valuable insights and enhance the realism of compartmental models.
Despite 15 years of intervention, the prevalence of latent TB infection only slightly decreased, indicating the persistence of TB reservoirs even after systematic treatment of active cases. The intensity of social contacts may increase TB exposure, and these inter-community differences are often overlooked by conventional transmission models.
(Editor: Yoseph Samodra)
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