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Detecting Malaria Hotspots: A Comparison of Rapid Diagnostic Test, Microscopy, and Polymerase Chain Reaction

Author(s) -

Polycarp Mogeni,

Thomas N. Williams,

Irene Omedo,

Domtila Kimani,

Joyce Ngoi,

Jedida Mwacharo,

Richard Morter,

Christopher Nyundo,

Juliana Wambua,

George Nyangweso,

Melissa C. Kapulu,

Greg Fegan,

Philip Bejon

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jix321

Subject(s) - parasitemia , malaria , polymerase chain reaction , asymptomatic , rapid diagnostic test , microscopy , diagnostic test , medicine , veterinary medicine , biology , virology , pathology , plasmodium falciparum , genetics , gene

Malaria control strategies need to respond to geographical hotspots of transmission. Detection of hotspots depends on the sensitivity of the diagnostic tool used.

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