What is the value of reactive case detection in malaria control? A case-study in India and a systematic review

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Van Eijk, Anna Maria ^a   Ramanathapuram, Lalitha ^a   Sutton, Patrick L ^a,d   Kanagaraj, Deena ^b   Sri Lakshmi Priya, G ^b   Ravishankaran, Sangamithra ^b   Asokan, Aswin ^b   Tandel, Nikunj ^c   Patel, Ankita ^c   Desai, Nisha ^c   Singh, Ranvir ^c   Sullivan, Steven A ^a   Carlton, Jane M ^a   Srivastava, H C ^c   Eapen, Alex ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Acsel Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Reactive case detection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHILD; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957604983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1120-1     Document Type: Review

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