| Literature DB >> 29020325 |
Gabriele Rossi1, Rafael Van den Bergh2, Chea Nguon3, Mark Debackere1, Lieven Vernaeve1, Nimol Khim4, Saorin Kim4, Didier Menard4, Martin De Smet2, Jean-Marie Kindermans2.
Abstract
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%.Entities:
Keywords: adapted reactive case detection; coexposed screening; malaria elimination; polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29020325 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix781
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079