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Impact of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria at a peripheral health facility in Western Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis
(Malaria journal, 2015)
Background: The World Health Organization recommends that all suspected malaria cases receive a parasitological diagnosis prior to treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy. A recent meta-analysis of clinical ...
Who Stays and Who Goes: Predictors of Admission among Patients Presenting with Febrile Illness and a Positive Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test in a Rural Ugandan Health Center
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018)
Not much is known about clinical decision-making in rural, low-resource settings regarding fever, a common reason for presentation to care. In this prospective cohort study of patients presenting with febrile illness to a ...
Malaria prevalence and long-lasting insecticidal net use in rural western Uganda: results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in an area of highly variable malaria transmission intensity
(Malaria journal, 2021)
Background: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) remain a cornerstone of malaria control, but strategies to sustain universal coverage and high rates of use are not well-defined. A more complete understanding of ...
Ongoing long-lasting insecticide-treated net distribution efforts are 2 insufficient to maintain high rates of use among children in rural Uganda
(medRxiv, 2021)
Background: Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) remain a cornerstone of malaria control, but optimal distribution strategies to sustain universal coverage are not well-defined
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional ...
Practical Implications of the Non-Linear Relationship between the Test Positivity Rate and Malaria Incidence
(PLOS ONE, 2016)
Background: The test positivity rate (TPR), defined as the number of laboratory-confirmed malaria tests per 100 suspected cases examined, is widely used by malaria surveillance programs as one of several key indicators of ...
Reuse of malaria rapid diagnostic tests for amplicon deep sequencing to estimate Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in western Uganda
(Scientific reports, 2018)
Molecular techniques are not routinely employed for malaria surveillance, while cross-sectional,
community-based parasite surveys require significant resources. Here, we describe a novel use of
malaria rapid diagnostic ...
Permethrin-treated baby wraps for the prevention of malaria in children: Protocol for a double-blind, randomized placebocontrolled controlled trial in western Uganda
(Plos one, 2023)
This article details the study protocol for a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of permethrin-treated baby wraps to prevent Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in children ...
Permethrin‑treated baby wraps for the prevention of malaria: results of a randomized controlled pilot study in rural Uganda
(Malaria Journal, 2022)
Background: Progress against malaria has stalled and may even be slipping backwards in high-burden countries. This is due to a range of factors including insecticide resistance and mosquito feeding behaviours that limit ...