Mass screening and treatment (MSaT) for identifying and treating asymptomatic cases of malaria-malaria elimination demonstration project (MEDP), Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Autor:	Akansha Singh, Harsh Rajvanshi, Mrigendra P. Singh, Sneha Bhandari, Sekh Nisar, Rajan Poriya, Vinay Telasey, Himanshu Jayswar, Ashok K. Mishra, Aparup Das, Harpreet Kaur, Altaf A. Lal, Praveen K. Bharti
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Malaria Mass screening and treatment Asymptomatic malaria Low-density infection Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium vivax Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Malaria Journal, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1475-2875
DOI:	10.1186/s12936-022-04423-z
Popis:	Abstract Background Mass screening and treatment (MSaT) aims at reducing the spread of malaria in communities by identifying and treating infected persons regardless of the symptoms. This study was conducted to identify and treat asymptomatic cases using MSaT approaches in the community. Methods Three rounds of MSaT using cluster combination approaches were carried out during September 2018 to December 2019 to identify and treat asymptomatic malaria cases in the community. All individuals who were present in the household were screened using RDT irrespective of malaria related symptoms. Simultaneously thick and thin blood smear and blood spot were collected for further analysis using microscopy and diagnostic PCR done in a subset of the samples. Results Logistic regression analysis revealed that asymptomatic malaria cases significantly less among the older age groups compared with
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