Utility of passive malaria surveillance in hospitals as a surrogate to community infection transmission dynamics in western Kenya

Utility of passive malaria surveillance in hospitals as a surrogate to community infection transmission dynamics in western Kenya

Abstract Background Malaria continued to be the major public health concern in sub-Sahara Africa, thus for better planning of control activities, periodic surveillance of both clinical and asymptomatic cases remains important. However, the usability of routinely collected malaria data in Kenyan hosp...

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Main Authors: Anthony Kapesa, Eliningaya J. Kweka, Guofa Zhou, Harrysone Etemesi Atieli, Erasmus Kamugisha, Humphrey D. Mazigo, Sospatro E. Ngallaba, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
Subjects:
Outpatient department (OPD)
Malaria blood slide positivity
School age children
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-018-0288-y

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