Distribution of Plasmodium species and assessment of performance of diagnostic tools used during a malaria survey in Southern and Western Provinces of Zambia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Sitali, Lungowe ^a,b,c   Miller, John M ^d   Mwenda, Mulenga C ^d   Bridges, Daniel J ^d   Hawela, Moonga B ^d   Hamainza, Busiku ^d   Chizema Kawesha, Elizabeth ^d   Eisele, Thomas P ^e   Chipeta, James ^c,f   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mixed infections; Non falciparum infection; Rapid diagnostic tests; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; FILTER PAPER; GIEMSA STAIN; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHOTO INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VERY ELDERLY; ZAMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85064209139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2766-2     Document Type: Article

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