Assessing the impact of next-generation rapid diagnostic tests on Plasmodium falciparum malaria elimination strategies

Nature

Volumn 528, Issue 7580, 2015, Pages S94-S101

  Slater, Hannah C ^a   Ross, Amanda ^b,c   Ouédraogo, André Lin ^d,e   White, Lisa J ^f,g   Nguon, Chea ^h   Walker, Patrick G T ^a   Ngor, Pengby ^f,h   Aguas, Ricardo ^f   Silal, Sheetal P ⁱ   Dondorp, Arjen M ^f,g   La Barre, Paul ^j   Burton, Robert ^j   Sauerwein, Robert W ^k   Drakeley, Chris ^l   Smith, Thomas A ^b,c   Bousema, Teun ^k,l   Ghani, Azra C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR DISEASE MODELING   (United States)

^e Centre National de Recherche et de Formation Sur le Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^j PATH   (United States)

^k RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROARTEMISININ; PIPERAQUINE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; ENTOMOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; INOCULATION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949294646     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16040     Document Type: Article

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