Reactive Case Detection for Malaria Elimination: Real-Life Experience from an Ongoing Program in Swaziland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sturrock, Hugh J W ^a   Novotny, Joe M ^b   Kunene, Simon ^c   Dlamini, Sabelo ^c   Zulu, Zulisile ^c   Cohen, Justin M ^b   Hsiang, Michelle S ^a,d   Greenhouse, Bryan ^d   Gosling, Roly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^c Swaziland National Malaria Control Programme   (Swaziland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REACTIVE CASE DETECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SWAZILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SWAZILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877893759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063830     Document Type: Article

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