Use of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria school surveys in Kenya: Does their under-performance matter for planning malaria control?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1004-1011

  Gitonga, Caroline W ^a   Kihara, Jimmy H ^b   Njenga, Sammy M ^b   Awuondo, Ken ^c   Noor, Abdisalan M ^a   Snow, Robert W ^a   Brooker, Simon J ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871599556     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0215     Document Type: Article

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