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...
Main Authors: | Francis Damon, Gasasira Anne, Kigozi Ruth, Kigozi Simon, Nasr Sussann, Kamya Moses R, Dorsey Grant |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-07-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/229 |
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