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ArticleInfectious disease reports2022

The Impact of Submicroscopic Parasitemia on Malaria Rapid Diagnosis in Northeastern Tanzania, an Area with Diverse Transmission Patterns.

Robert Diotrephes Kaaya, Johnson Matowo, Debora Kajeguka, Filemoni Tenu, Boniface Shirima, Franklin Mosha, Reginald Kavishe

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Article in Infectious disease reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert Diotrephes KaayaDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi P.O. Box 2240, Tanzania.
Johnson MatowoDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi P.O. Box 2240, Tanzania.
Debora KajegukaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi P.O. Box 2240, Tanzania.
Filemoni TenuPan-African Malaria Vector Research Consortium, Moshi P.O. Box 2240, Tanzania.
Boniface ShirimaDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi P.O. Box 2240, Tanzania.
Franklin MoshaDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi P.O. Box 2240, Tanzania.
Reginald KavisheDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi P.O. Box 2240, Tanzania.
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · TZAfrican Malaria Network Trust · TZ

Funding

Wellcome Trust 107742/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global malaria epidemiology has changed in the last decade with a substantial increase in cases and deaths being recorded. Tanzania accounts for about 4% of all cases and deaths reported in recent years. Several factors contribute to the resurgence of malaria, parasite resistance to antimalarials and mosquito resistance to insecticides being at the top of the list. The presence of sub-microscopic infections poses a significant challenge to malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDT). Our cross-sectional surveys in Handeni and Moshi, Tanzania assessed the effect of low parasite density on mRDT. Handeni had higher malaria prevalence by mRDT (39.6%), light microscopy (LM) (16.9%) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (18.5%), compared to Moshi with prevalence of 0.2%, 1.3% and 2.3%, respectively. A significant difference (

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low-densitymalaria transmissionparasitemiarapid diagnostic testsub-microscopic

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