Targeting Asymptomatic Malaria Infections: Active Surveillance in Control and Elimination
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- 18 June 2013
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 10 (6), e1001467
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001467
Abstract
Hugh Sturrock and colleagues discuss the role of active case detection in low malaria transmission settings. They argue that the evidence for its effectiveness is sparse and that targeted mass drug administration should be evaluated as an alternative or addition to active case detection. Please see later in the article for the Editors' SummaryKeywords
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