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ReviewMalaria journal2020

Reactive Case Detection (RACD) and foci investigation strategies in malaria control and elimination: a review.

Ruwanthi Perera, Amandhi Caldera, A Rajitha Wickremasinghe

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Review in Malaria journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ruwanthi PereraDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, P. O. Box 6, Thalagolla Road, Ragama, 11010, Sri Lanka.
Amandhi CalderaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, P. O. Box 6, Thalagolla Road, Ragama, 11010, Sri Lanka.
A Rajitha WickremasingheDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, P. O. Box 6, Thalagolla Road, Ragama, 11010, Sri Lanka. rajwicks@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6174-6784
University of Kelaniya · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReactive case detection (RACD) and foci investigation are key strategies in malaria elimination and prevention of its re-establishment. They are a key part of surveillance that has been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be considered as a core intervention and as one of the three pillars of the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030.

methodsA search using the key words "Reactive Case Detection", "RACD", "RCD" and "Malaria" was carried out in PubMed, Scopus, Taylor and Francis online databases for studies published until 31st July 2019. The inclusion criteria for selection of articles for review included (1) how RACD is implemented in each country; (2) challenges faced in RACD implementation; (3) suggestions on how the effectiveness of RACD process can be improved.

results411 titles were identified, 41 full text articles were screened and 29 were found eligible for inclusion in the review. Published literature on RACD, and case and foci investigations has mostly assessed the process of the activity. Most studies have documented that the yield of positives in RACD has been highest in the index case's household and the immediate neighbourhood of the index case. Microscopy and RDTs are the common tests used in RACD. The guidelines for case and foci investigation, and RACD and PACD, are not universally adopted and are country-specific. Some of the limitations and challenges identified include lack of proper guidelines, logistic issues and problems with public compliance.

conclusionsAlthough there is no documented evidence that RACD is useful in malaria elimination settings, most authors have opined that RACD is necessary for malaria elimination. Lack of knowledge in the target populations, a target radius and how to carry out the RACD process is a major challenge in the decision-making process.

Indexed as

Epidemiological MonitoringCommunicable Disease ControlDisease EradicationHumansMalariaPopulation Surveillance1-3-7 strategyFoci investigationMalaria controlMalaria eliminationReactive case detection

Identifiers

PMID33172462
PMCPMC7653886
OpenAlexW3098984512

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