Comparison of fine-scale malaria strata derived from population survey data collected using RDTs, microscopy and qPCR in South-Eastern Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria-endemic countries are increasingly adopting data-driven risk stratification, often at district or higher regional levels, to guide their intervention strategies. The data typically comes from population-level surveys collected by rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), which unfortunately perform poorly in low transmission settings. Here, a high-resolution survey of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence rate (PfPR) was conducted in two Tanzanian districts using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), microscopy, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays, enabling the comparison of fine-scale strata derived from these different diagnostic methods.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 35 villages in Ulanga and Kilombero districts, south-eastern Tanzania

SUBMITTER: Mshani IH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11657885 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature