作者
Wilfred Ouma Otambo, Julius O Olumeh, Kevin O Ochwedo, Edwin O Magomere, Isaiah Debrah, Collins Ouma, Patrick Onyango, Harrysone Atieli, Wolfgang R Mukabana, Chloe Wang, Ming-Chieh Lee, Andrew K Githeko, Guofa Zhou, John Githure, James Kazura, Guiyun Yan
发表日期
2022/4/22
期刊
Malaria journal
卷号
21
期号
1
页码范围
129
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Accurate malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment at local health facilities are critical to reducing morbidity and human reservoir of infectious gametocytes. The current study assessed the accuracy of malaria diagnosis and treatment practices in three health care facilities in rural western Kenya.
Methods
The accuracy of malaria detection and treatment recommended compliance was monitored in two public and one private hospital from November 2019 through March 2020. Blood smears from febrile patients were examined by hospital laboratory technicians and re-examined by an expert microscopists thereafter subjected to real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for quality assurance. In addition, blood smears from patients diagnosed with malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and presumptively treated with anti-malarial were re-examined by an expert microscopist.
Results
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