Mass Screening and Treatment on the Basis of Results of a Plasmodium falciparum-Specific Rapid Diagnostic Test Did Not Reduce Malaria Incidence in Zanzibar

Cook, Jackie; Xu, Weiping; Msellem, Mwinyi; M. Vonk, Marlotte; Bergström, Beatrice; Gosling, Roly; Al-mafazy, Abdul-wahid; D. McElroy, Peter; Molteni, Fabrizio; K Abass, Ali; Garimo, Issa; Ramsan, Mahdi; Ali, Abdullah; Mårtensson, Andreas; Björkman, Anders

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiu655

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Mass Screening and Treatment on the Basis of Results of a Plasmodium falciparum-Specific Rapid Diagnostic Test Did Not Reduce Malaria Incidence in Zanzibar

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Nov 26, 2014

Authors:

Jackie Cook

Weiping Xu

Mwinyi Msellem

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Seasonal increases in malaria continue in hot spots in Zanzibar. Mass screening and treatment (MSAT) may help reduce the reservoir of infection; however, it is unclear whether rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) detect a sufficient proportion of low-density infections to influence subsequent t...

Subject

Malaria

Rapid diagnostic test

Plasmodium falciparum

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