Improving the efficiency of reactive case detection for malaria elimination in southern Zambia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reactive case detection (RCD) seeks to enhance malaria surveillance and control by identifying and treating parasitaemic individuals residing near index cases. In Zambia, this strategy starts with passive detection of symptomatic incident malaria cases at local health facilities or by community health workers, with subsequent home visits to screen-and-treat residents in the index case and neighbouring (secondary) households within a 140-m radius using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). However, a small circular radius may not be the most efficient strategy to identify parasitaemic individuals in low-endemic areas with hotspots of malaria transmission. To evaluate if RCD efficiency could be improved by increasing the probability of identifying parasitaemic residents, environm

SUBMITTER: Bhondoekhan FRP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7206707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature