Active Case Finding for Malaria: A 3-Year National Evaluation of Optimal Approaches to Detect Infections and Hotspots Through Reactive Case Detection in the Low-transmission Setting of Eswatini | Zendy

Michelle S. Hsiang | Zendy; Nyasatu Ntshalintshali | Zendy; Mi-Suk Kang Dufour | Zendy; Nomcebo Dlamini | Zendy; Nomcebo Nhlabathi | Zendy; Sibonakaliso Vilakati | Zendy; Calsile Malambe | Zendy; Zulisile Zulu | Zendy; Gugu Maphalala | Zendy; Joseph Novotny | Zendy; Maxwell Murphy | Zendy; Alanna Schwartz | Zendy; Hugh J. W. Sturrock | Zendy; Roly Gosling | Zendy; Grant Dorsey | Zendy; Simon Kunene | Zendy; Bryan Greenhouse | Zendy

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Active Case Finding for Malaria: A 3-Year National Evaluation of Optimal Approaches to Detect Infections and Hotspots Through Reactive Case Detection in the Low-transmission Setting of Eswatini

Author(s) -

Michelle S. Hsiang,

Nyasatu Ntshalintshali,

Mi-Suk Kang Dufour,

Nomcebo Dlamini,

Nomcebo Nhlabathi,

Sibonakaliso Vilakati,

Calsile Malambe,

Zulisile Zulu,

Gugu Maphalala,

Joseph Novotny,

Maxwell Murphy,

Alanna Schwartz,

Hugh J. W. Sturrock,

Roly Gosling,

Grant Dorsey,

Simon Kunene,

Bryan Greenhouse

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz403

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , limited resources , population , index case , environmental health , emergency medicine , immunology , virology , risk analysis (engineering) , outbreak , biology , paleontology , psychiatry

Reactive case detection (RACD) is a widely practiced malaria elimination intervention whereby close contacts of index cases receive malaria testing to inform treatment and other interventions. However, the optimal diagnostic and operational approaches for this resource-intensive strategy are not clear.

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