Performance of passive case detection for malaria surveillance: results from nine countries in Mesoa...
Performance of passive case detection for malaria surveillance: results from nine countries in Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic
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Rios-Zertuche, Diego , Carter, Keith H. , Harris, Katie Panhorst , Thom, Max , Zúñiga-Brenes, Maria Paola , Bernal-Lara, Pedro , González-Marmol, Álvaro , Johanns, Casey K. , Hernández, Bernardo , Palmisano, Erin , Cogen, Rebecca , Naik, Paulami , El Bcheraoui, Charbel , Smith, David L. , Mokdad, Ali H. and Iriarte, Emma
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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In malaria elimination settings, available metrics for malaria surveillance have been insufficient to measure the performance of passive case detection adequately. An indicator for malaria suspected cases with malaria test (MSCT) is proposed to measure the rate of testing on persons presenting to health facilities who satisfy the definition of a su...
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Performance of passive case detection for malaria surveillance: results from nine countries in Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_0890be9f8fb043259bd9ad11e138bc30
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1475-2875
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1475-2875
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10.1186/s12936-021-03645-x
