Clustering of malaria in households in the Greater Mekong Subregion: operational implications for reactive case detection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria reactive case detection is the testing and, if positive, treatment of close contacts of index cases. It is included in national malaria control programmes of countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion to accelerate malaria elimination. Yet the value of reactive case detection in the control and elimination of malaria remains controversial because of the low yield, limited evidence for impact, and high demands on resources.

Methods

Data from the epidemiological assessments of large mass drug administration (MDA) studies in Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were analysed to explore malaria infection clustering in households. The proportion of malaria positive cases among contacts screened in a hypothetical reactive case detection programme was then determin

SUBMITTER: Mukaka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8393740 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature