Adapting Reactive Case Detection Strategies for falciparum Malaria in a Low-Transmission Area in Cambodia.
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Rossi, GVan den Bergh, R
Nguon, C
Debackere, M
Vernaeve, L
Khim, N
Kim, S
Menard, D
De Smet, M
Kindermans, JM
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2018-01-06Submitted date
2019-07-23
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Clinical Infectious DiseaseAbstract
Reactive case detection around falciparum malaria cases in Cambodia presents a low output. We improved it by including individuals occupationally coexposed with index case patients and using polymerase chain reaction-based diagnosis. The positivity rate increased from 0.16% to 3.9%.Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
29020325Language
enISSN
1537-6591ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/cid/cix781
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