ArticleMalaria journal2018
Detection of foci of residual malaria transmission through reactive case detection in Ethiopia.
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- Reactive Case Detection and Treatment and Reactive Drug Administration for Reducing Malaria Transmission: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Pooled it
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- Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of reactive drug administration for malaria elimination in a Plasmodium vivax predominant setting: a qualitative study in two provinces in Thailand.BMC public health · 2023Trial
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- Resurgence of malaria in Ethiopia: a national landscape analysis of systemic and operational gaps.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Implementation and fidelity of reactive surveillance and response strategies for malaria elimination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Microscopic prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic malaria in Gorgora, western Dembia, Northwest Ethiopia: exploring hidden threats during minor transmission season.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Profiling vivax malaria incidence, residual transmission, and risk factors using reactive case detection in low transmission settings of Ethiopia.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Seasonal Dynamics of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Infections in Coendemic Low-Transmission Settings, South Ethiopia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors among household members in South Ethiopia: a multi-site cross-sectional study.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of malaria in saravan city and its suburbs from 2018 to 2023, Southeast Iran.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- The potential of addressing asymptomatic malaria in the context of malaria elimination in Ethiopia: Scoping review.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Reactive Case Detection Strategy for Malaria Control and Elimination: A 12 Year Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis from 25 Malaria-Endemic Countries.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- Altitude, not potential larval habitat availability, explains pronounced variation in Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence in the western Kenya highlands.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Susceptibility of primary, secondary and suspected vectors to Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection in Ethiopia.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- High-throughputeLife · 2022Article
- Asymptomatic Malaria in Households and Neighbors of Laboratory Confirmed Cases in Raya Kobo District, Northeast Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
- Dry-season transmission and determinants of Plasmodium infections in Jawi district, northwest Ethiopia.Malaria journal · 2022Article
- Drawings as tools to (re)imagine space in interdisciplinary global health research.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Beyond eves and cracks: An interdisciplinary study of socio-spatial variation in urban malaria transmission in Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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backgroundSub-microscopic and asymptomatic infections could be bottlenecks to malaria elimination efforts in Ethiopia. This study determined the prevalence of malaria, and individual and household-level factors associated with Plasmodium infections obtained following detection of index cases in health facilities in Jimma Zone.
methodsIndex malaria cases were passively detected and tracked in health facilities from June to November 2016. Moreover, family members of the index houses and neighbours located within approximately 200 m from the index houses were also screened for malaria.
resultsA total of 39 index cases initiated the reactive case detection of 726 individuals in 116 households. Overall, the prevalence of malaria using microscopy and PCR was 4.0% and 8.96%, respectively. Seventeen (43.6%) of the index cases were from Doyo Yaya kebele, where parasite prevalence was higher. The majority of the malaria cases (90.74%) were asymptomatic. Fever (AOR = 12.68, 95% CI 3.34-48.18) and history of malaria in the preceding 1 year (AOR = 3.62, 95% CI 1.77-7.38) were significant individual-level factors associated with detection of Plasmodium infection. Moreover, living in index house (AOR = 2.22, 95% CI 1.16-4.27), house with eave (AOR = 2.28, 95% CI 1.14-4.55), area of residence (AOR = 6.81, 95% CI 2.49-18.63) and family size (AOR = 3.35, 95% CI 1.53-7.33) were main household-level predictors for residual malaria transmission.
conclusionThe number of index cases per kebele may enhance RACD efforts to detect additional malaria cases in low transmission settings. Asymptomatic and sub-microscopic infections were high in the study area, which need new or improved surveillance tools for malaria elimination efforts.
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