Health facility-based malaria surveillance: The effects of age, area of residence and diagnostics on test positivity rates

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The malaria test positivity rate (TPR) is increasingly used as an indicator of malaria morbidity because TPR is based on laboratory-confirmed cases and is simple to incorporate into existing surveillance systems. However, temporal tr...

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Glavni autori: Francis Damon, Gasasira Anne, Kigozi Ruth, Kigozi Simon, Nasr Sussann, Kamya Moses R, Dorsey Grant
Format: Članak
Jezik:English
Izdano: BMC 2012-07-01
Serija:Malaria Journal
Online pristup:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/229