Health facility-based malaria surveillance: The effects of age, area of residence and diagnostics on test positivity rates

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Francis, Damon ^a   Gasasira, Anne ^b   Kigozi, Ruth ^b   Kigozi, Simon ^b   Nasr, Sussann ^c   Kamya, Moses R ^b   Dorsey, Grant ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA TEST POSITIVITY RATE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863446722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-229     Document Type: Article

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