Validity of verbal autopsy procedures for determining malaria deaths in different epidemiological settings in Uganda.

Validity of verbal autopsy procedures for determining malaria deaths in different epidemiological settings in Uganda.

BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) procedures can be used to estimate cause of death in settings with inadequate vital registries. However, the sensitivity of VA for determining malaria-specific mortality may be low, and may vary with transmission intensity. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of VA pr...

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Main Authors: Arthur Mpimbaza, Scott Filler, Agaba Katureebe, Steven O Kinara, Emmanuel Nzabandora, Linda Quick, Amy Ratcliffe, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Daniel Chandramohan, Sarah G Staedke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3203164?pdf=render

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