Validity of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to optimize falciparum malaria surveys in low-transmission areas

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 266-269

  Rabarijaona, L ^a   Rakotomanana, F ^a   Ranaivo, L ^b   Raharimalala, L ^a   Modiano, D ^c   Boisier, P ^a   De Giorgi, F ^b,d   Raveloson, N ^b   Jambou, R ^a,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b Dir Lutte Contre Maladies T   (Madagascar)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Ministry of Co operation   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Highlands; Lot Quality Assurance Sampling; Madagascar; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10644270054     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90230-5     Document Type: Article

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