Testing and treatment for malaria elimination: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global interest in malaria elimination has prompted research on active test and treat (TaT) strategies.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to assess the effectiveness of TaT strategies to reduce malaria transmission.

Results

A total of 72 empirical research and 24 modelling studies were identified, mainly focused on proactive mass TaT (MTaT) and reactive case detection (RACD) in higher and lower transmission settings, respectively. Ten intervention studies compared MTaT to no MTaT and the evidence for impact on malaria incidence was weak. No intervention studies compared RACD to no RACD. Compared to passive case detection (PCD) alone, PCD + RACD using standard diagnostics increased infection detection 52.7% and 11.3% in low and ver

SUBMITTER: Newby G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476355 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature