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An interactive model for the assessment of the economic costs and benefits of different rapid diagnostic tests for malaria

Yoel Lubell*, Heidi Hopkins, Christopher JM Whitty, Sarah G Staedke and Anne Mills

Malaria Journal 2008, 7:21 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-21

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Cost analysis of school-based intermittent screening and treatment of malaria in Kenya

Thomas L Drake, George Okello, Kiambo Njagi, Katherine E Halliday, Matthew CH Jukes, Lindsay Mangham, Simon Brooker Malaria Journal 2011, 10:273 (20 September 2011)

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This paper analyses the costs of intermittent screening and treatment (IST) of malaria in schools on the Kenyan coast.In the current context, IST is a relatively expensive school-based malaria intervention, but costs can be reduced by simplifying the protocole.

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Use of RDTs to improve malaria diagnosis and fever case management at primary health care facilities in Uganda

Daniel J Kyabayinze, Caroline Asiimwe, Damalie Nakanjako, Jane Nabakooza, Helen Counihan, James K Tibenderana Malaria Journal 2010, 9:200 (12 July 2010)

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A study of the effect on prescribing practices of introducing RDTs with basic training in Ugandan primary care facilities. The findings are important for the current roll out of RDTs and the recent switch from presumptive to parasitological diagnosis of malaria in children.

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Comparison of two dengue NS1 rapid tests for sensitivity, specificity and relationship to viraemia and antibody responses

Vianney Tricou, Hang TT Vu, Nhu VN Quynh, Chau VV Nguyen, Hien T Tran, Jeremy Farrar, Bridget Wills, Cameron P Simmons BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:142 (28 May 2010)

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of rapid diagnostic test, microscopy and syndromic approach in the diagnosis of malaria in Nigeria: implications for scaling-up deployment of ACT

Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Eric N Obikeze, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Chima A Onoka, Ulla K Griffiths Malaria Journal 2009, 8:265 (23 November 2009)

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Paper comparing different diagnostic methods used in Nigeria, from a cost-effectiveness view point

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Immunophoretic rapid diagnostic tests as a source of immunoglobulins for estimating malaria sero-prevalence and transmission intensity

Geoffrey S Williams, Clement Mweya, Laveta Stewart, George Mtove, Hugh Reyburn, Jackie Cook, Patrick H Corran, Eleanor M Riley, Chris J Drakeley Malaria Journal 2009, 8:168 (22 July 2009)

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An interesting and useful paper that various groups exploring the place of sero-epidemiology as a tool for managing malaria control will find helpful

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