01397nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653002500055100001100080700001400091700001300105700001700118700001300135700001600148700001200164700001300176700001800189700001500207700002200222245012800244856007100372300001600443490000800459520066400467       2020                            d10aSampling10aContact surveillance1 aToor J1 aCoffeng L1 aHamley J1 aFronterrè C1 aPrada JM1 aCastaño MS1 aDavis E1 aGodwin W1 aVasconcelos A1 aMedley G F1 aHollingsworth T D00aWhen, Who, and How to Sample: Designing Practical Surveillance for 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases as We Approach Elimination  uhttps://academic.oup.com/jid/article/221/Supplement_5/S499/5856174  aS499–S5020 v2213 aAs neglected tropical disease programs look to consolidate the successes of moving towards elimination, we need to understand the dynamics of transmission at low prevalence to inform surveillance strategies for detecting elimination and resurgence. In this special collection, modelling insights are used to highlight drivers of local elimination, evaluate strategies for detecting resurgence, and show the importance of rational spatial sampling schemes for several neglected tropical diseases (specifically schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, onchocerciasis, visceral leishmaniasis, and gambiense sleeping sickness).