Surveillance for malaria elimination in Swaziland: A national cross-sectional study using pooled PCR and serology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hsiang, Michelle S ^a,b   Hwang, Jimee ^a,c   Kunene, Simon ^d   Drakeley, Chris ^e   Kandula, Deepika ^a,f   Novotny, Joseph ^a,f   Parizo, Justin ^b   Jensen, Trevor ^b   Tong, Marcus ^g   Kemere, Jordan ^h   Dlamini, Sabelo ^d   Moonen, Bruno ^f   Angov, Evelina ⁱ   Dutta, Sheetij ⁱ   Ockenhouse, Christian ⁱ   Dorsey, Grant ^b   Greenhouse, Bryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Department of Health   (Swaziland)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^g University of California   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM SURFACE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SWAZILAND; TRAVEL; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWAZILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855419670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029550     Document Type: Article

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