Estimating malaria parasite prevalence from community surveys in Uganda: A comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic tests and polymerase chain reaction

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nankabirwa, Joaniter I ^a,b   Yeka, Adoke ^b,c   Arinaitwe, Emmanuel ^b   Kigozi, Ruth ^b   Drakeley, Chris ^d   Kamya, Moses R ^a,b   Greenhouse, Bryan ^e   Rosenthal, Philip J ^e   Dorsey, Grant ^e   Staedke, Sarah G ^b,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community surveys; Diagnostics; Malaria; Microscopy; Parasite prevalence; Rapid diagnostic tests; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952322038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-1056-x     Document Type: Article

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