Targeting asymptomatic malaria infections: active surveillance in control and elimination.
Hugh JW
Sturrock
;
Michelle S
Hsiang
;
Justin M
Cohen
;
David L
Smith
;
Bryan
Greenhouse
;
Teun
Bousema
;
Roly D
Gosling
;
(2013)
Targeting asymptomatic malaria infections: active surveillance in control and elimination.
PLoS medicine, 10 (6).
e1001467-.
ISSN 1549-1277
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001467
Hugh Sturrock and colleagues discuss the role of active case detection in low malaria transmission settings. They argue that the evidence for its effectiveness is sparse and that targeted mass drug administration should be evaluated as an alternative or addition to active case detection. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
Item Type | Article |
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ISI | 321034800011 |
Date Deposited | 23 Sep 2013 19:23 |
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708701 (OA Location)
- 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001467 (DOI)
- 23853551 (PubMed)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-0024