The contribution of non-malarial febrile illness co-infections to Plasmodium falciparum case counts in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa

The contribution of non-malarial febrile illness co-infections to Plasmodium falciparum case counts in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract Background The disease burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria illness is generally estimated using one of two distinct approaches: either by transforming P. falciparum infection prevalence estimates into incidence estimates using conversion formulae; or through adjustment of counts of reco...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ursula Dalrymple, Ewan Cameron, Rohan Arambepola, Katherine E. Battle, Elisabeth G. Chestnutt, Suzanne H. Keddie, Katherine A. Twohig, Daniel A. Pfeffer, Harry S. Gibson, Daniel J. Weiss, Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria-attributable fever
Burden estimation
Plasmodium falciparum
Fever
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2830-y

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2830-y

Similar Items