Efficiency of Household Reactive Case Detection for Malaria in Rural Southern Zambia: Simulations Based on Cross-Sectional Surveys from Two Epidemiological Settings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Searle, Kelly M ^a   Shields, Timothy ^a   Hamapumbu, Harry ^b   Kobayashi, Tamaki ^a   Mharakurwa, Sungano ^a,b   Thuma, Philip E ^b   Smith, David L ^a   Glass, Gregory ^a   Moss, William J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Macha Research Trust   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE FINDING; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SIMULATION; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84881148329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070972     Document Type: Article

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