Published in Malar J on November 19, 2008
Reduction of anti-malarial consumption after rapid diagnostic tests implementation in Dar es Salaam: a before-after and cluster randomized controlled study. Malar J (2011) 3.33
Malaria misdiagnosis in Uganda--implications for policy change. Malar J (2009) 3.19
Major reduction in anti-malarial drug consumption in Senegal after nation-wide introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests. PLoS One (2011) 3.09
Changes in health workers' malaria diagnosis and treatment practices in Kenya. Malar J (2011) 2.16
How can malaria rapid diagnostic tests achieve their potential? A qualitative study of a trial at health facilities in Ghana. Malar J (2010) 2.16
Low quality of routine microscopy for malaria at different levels of the health system in Dar es Salaam. Malar J (2011) 2.01
Reductions in artemisinin-based combination therapy consumption after the nationwide scale up of routine malaria rapid diagnostic testing in Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.99
Community acceptability of use of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria by community health workers in Uganda. Malar J (2010) 1.81
Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated non-falciparum or Plasmodium vivax malaria in endemic countries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2014) 1.71
Malaria case-management following change of policy to universal parasitological diagnosis and targeted artemisinin-based combination therapy in Kenya. PLoS One (2011) 1.70
Scale-up of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapy: challenges and perspectives in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Med (2014) 1.61
Introducing malaria rapid diagnostic tests at registered drug shops in Uganda: limitations of diagnostic testing in the reality of diagnosis. Soc Sci Med (2011) 1.60
The feasibility of introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in drug shops in Uganda. Malar J (2010) 1.48
Performance of HRP-2 based rapid diagnostic test for malaria and its variation with age in an area of intense malaria transmission in southern Tanzania. Malar J (2010) 1.37
Getting antimalarials on target: impact of national roll-out of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on health facility treatment in three regions of Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2013) 1.35
Shifting from presumptive to test-based management of malaria - technical basis and implications for malaria control in Ghana. Ghana Med J (2014) 1.21
Febrile illness management in children under five years of age: a qualitative pilot study on primary health care workers' practices in Zanzibar. Malar J (2013) 1.20
Cost-effectiveness analysis of introducing RDTs for malaria diagnosis as compared to microscopy and presumptive diagnosis in central and peripheral public health facilities in Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 1.19
Acceptability of rapid diagnostic test-based management of Malaria among caregivers of under-five children in rural Ghana. PLoS One (2012) 1.14
Exploring provider and community responses to the new malaria diagnostic and treatment regime in Solomon Islands. Malar J (2011) 1.07
"Even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us": a qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. Malar J (2013) 1.06
Willingness to use a rapid diagnostic test for malaria in a rural area of central Côte d'Ivoire. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.01
Strict adherence to malaria rapid test results might lead to a neglect of other dangerous diseases: a cost benefit analysis from Burkina Faso. Malar J (2011) 1.00
Immunophoretic rapid diagnostic tests as a source of immunoglobulins for estimating malaria sero-prevalence and transmission intensity. Malar J (2009) 0.98
The development of effective behaviour change interventions to support the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests by Tanzanian clinicians. Implement Sci (2014) 0.92
Lessons learned from the use of HRP-2 based rapid diagnostic test in community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium falciparum in Burkina Faso. Malar J (2014) 0.90
Expanding Access to Malaria Diagnosis through Retail Shops in Western Kenya: What Do Shop Workers Think? Malar Res Treat (2013) 0.90
Prescription practices for malaria in Mozambique: poor adherence to the national protocols for malaria treatment in 22 public health facilities. Malar J (2015) 0.85
Effectiveness of Provider and Community Interventions to Improve Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Nigeria: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS One (2015) 0.84
Determinants of malaria diagnostic uptake in the retail sector: qualitative analysis from focus groups in Uganda. Malar J (2015) 0.83
Assessing drivers of full adoption of test and treat policy for malaria in Senegal. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.83
Challenges with implementing malaria rapid diagnostic tests at primary care facilities in a Ghanaian district: a qualitative study. Malar J (2016) 0.79
Plasmodium falciparum infection and clinical indicators in relation to net coverage in central Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.78
Can Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Malaria Increase Adherence to Artemether-Lumefantrine?: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2016) 0.75
Use of Rapid, Point-of-Care Assays by Private Practitioners in Chennai, India: Priorities for Tuberculosis Diagnostic Testing. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Quality issues with malaria rapid diagnostic test accessories and buffer packaging: findings from a 5-country private sector project in Africa. Malar J (2017) 0.75
Acceptability of malaria rapid diagnostic tests administered by village health workers in Pangani District, North eastern Tanzania. Malar J (2016) 0.75
How Do Patients and Health Workers Interact around Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Testing, and How Are the Tests Experienced by Patients in Practice? A Qualitative Study in Western Uganda. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria parasites. Clin Microbiol Rev (2002) 13.92
Rapid diagnostic tests compared with malaria microscopy for guiding outpatient treatment of febrile illness in Tanzania: randomised trial. BMJ (2007) 10.03
Malaria misdiagnosis: effects on the poor and vulnerable. Lancet (2004) 9.15
Improved diagnostic testing and malaria treatment practices in Zambia. JAMA (2007) 7.15
Microscopy and outpatient malaria case management among older children and adults in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 6.26
Use of clinical algorithms for diagnosing malaria. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 5.77
Does the availability of blood slide microscopy for malaria at health centers improve the management of persons with fever in Zambia? Am J Trop Med Hyg (1999) 5.56
Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 4.46
Newer drug combinations for malaria. BMJ (2004) 4.08
Rapid diagnostic testing for malaria. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 3.63
Challenges in routine implementation and quality control of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria--Rufiji District, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 3.50
The heat stability of Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase-based and histidine-rich protein 2-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 3.43
Effect of training on the clinical management of malaria by medical assistants in Ghana. Soc Sci Med (1996) 3.39
Operational response to malaria epidemics: are rapid diagnostic tests cost-effective? Trop Med Int Health (2006) 2.39
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in tropical climates: the need for a cool chain. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 2.37
Community satisfaction with primary health care services: an evaluation undertaken in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Soc Sci Med (1994) 2.16
Accuracy and reliability of malaria diagnostic techniques for guiding febrile outpatient treatment in malaria-endemic countries. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.98
Diagnosis of malaria in a remote area of the Philippines: comparison of techniques and their acceptance by health workers and the community. Bull World Health Organ (2001) 1.63
An exploratory study of factors that affect the performance and usage of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Malar J (2007) 1.63
Performance appraisal of rapid on-site malaria diagnosis (ICT malaria Pf/Pv test) in relation to human resources at village level in Myanmar. Acta Trop (2002) 1.41
Diagnostic tests for infectious diseases in the developing world: two sides of the coin. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.16
Rapid malaria screening and targeted treatment of United States-bound Montagnard refugees from Cambodia in 2002. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2005) 0.94
Rapid diagnosis of malaria by fluorescence microscopy. Lancet (1991) 0.83
Impact of artemisinin-based combination therapy and insecticide-treated nets on malaria burden in Zanzibar. PLoS Med (2007) 13.43
First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children. N Engl J Med (2011) 10.79
Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets. PLoS Med (2007) 6.80
A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants. N Engl J Med (2012) 6.64
An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes. Science (2005) 4.27
Increased proportions of outdoor feeding among residual malaria vector populations following increased use of insecticide-treated nets in rural Tanzania. Malar J (2011) 4.27
Efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets in the prevention of mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 3.81
Withholding antimalarials in febrile children who have a negative result for a rapid diagnostic test. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 3.51
Challenges in routine implementation and quality control of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria--Rufiji District, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 3.50
The global burden of disease attributable to low consumption of fruit and vegetables: implications for the global strategy on diet. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 3.49
Multiple origins and regional dispersal of resistant dhps in African Plasmodium falciparum malaria. PLoS Med (2009) 3.38
Retail supply of malaria-related drugs in rural Tanzania: risks and opportunities. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 3.22
Caution is required when using health facility-based data to evaluate the health impact of malaria control efforts in Africa. Malar J (2009) 2.75
Safety and efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01E candidate malaria vaccine given with expanded-programme-on-immunisation vaccines: 19 month follow-up of a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 2.54
Drug shop regulation and malaria treatment in Tanzania--why do shops break the rules, and does it matter? Health Policy Plan (2007) 2.35
Re-treatment of mosquito nets with insecticide. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2002) 2.35
The silent threat: asymptomatic parasitemia and malaria transmission. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther (2013) 2.32
Consistently high estimates for the proportion of human exposure to malaria vector populations occurring indoors in rural Africa. Int J Epidemiol (2013) 2.30
Comparison of government statistics and demographic surveillance to monitor mortality in children less than five years old in rural western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 2.27
Insecticide-treated bednet use, anaemia, and malaria parasitaemia in Blantyre District, Malawi. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.18
The efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and morbidity in western Kenya I. Development of infrastructure and description of study site. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 2.13
Putting the genie back in the bottle? Availability and presentation of oral artemisinin compounds at retail pharmacies in urban Dar-es-Salaam. Malar J (2006) 2.09
Real-time fluorescence loop mediated isothermal amplification for the diagnosis of malaria. PLoS One (2010) 2.02
Socially marketed insecticide-treated nets improve malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in southern Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.00
Efficacy of RTS,S malaria vaccines: individual-participant pooled analysis of phase 2 data. Lancet Infect Dis (2013) 2.00
Prevalence of malaria parasitemia among clients seeking treatment for fever or malaria at drug stores in rural Tanzania 2004. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 1.91
A nationwide survey of the quality of antimalarials in retail outlets in Tanzania. PLoS One (2008) 1.88
Scaling up priority health interventions in Tanzania: the human resources challenge. Health Policy Plan (2007) 1.86
Evaluation of three commercial assays for detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium organisms in fecal specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.83
Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.83
Community reactions to the introduction of permethrin-treated bed nets for malaria control during a randomized controlled trial in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.82
Distribution of free untreated bednets bundled with insecticide via an integrated child health campaign in Lindi Region, Tanzania: lessons for future campaigns. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.81
Knowledge of malaria and its association with malaria-related behaviors--results from the Malaria Indicator Survey, Ethiopia, 2007. PLoS One (2010) 1.73
Therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and prevalence of resistance markers in Tanzania prior to revision of malaria treatment policy: Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase mutations in monitoring in vivo resistance. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.72
Decreased availability of antimalarials in the private sector following the policy change from chloroquine to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Malar J (2006) 1.72
Use of antenatal care services and intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among pregnant women in Blantyre District, Malawi. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 1.71
Markets, voucher subsidies and free nets combine to achieve high bed net coverage in rural Tanzania. Malar J (2008) 1.68
Is there evidence for dual causation between malaria and socioeconomic status? Findings from rural Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.65
Adherence to antimalarial combination therapy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and artesunate in rural Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.64
Health workers' use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to guide clinical decision making in rural dispensaries, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.59
Efficacy and safety of artemisinin-based antimalarial in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in children in southern Tanzania. Malar J (2007) 1.58
Why first-level health workers fail to follow guidelines for managing severe disease in children in the Coast Region, the United Republic of Tanzania. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.57
Risk factors for child mortality in rural Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 1.55
Mass drug administration for malaria. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 1.54
The contribution of social science research to malaria prevention and control. Bull World Health Organ (2002) 1.54
Malaria surveillance--United States, 2010. MMWR Surveill Summ (2012) 1.47
Adherence to treatment with artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated malaria in rural Malawi. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.45
Care seeking behaviour and treatment of febrile illness in children aged less than five years: a household survey in Blantyre District, Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.41
The content of African diets is adequate to achieve optimal efficacy with fixed-dose artemether-lumefantrine: a review of the evidence. Malar J (2008) 1.40
Pyronaridine-artesunate versus mefloquine plus artesunate for malaria. N Engl J Med (2012) 1.36
Reduced variation around drug-resistant dhfr alleles in African Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Biol Evol (2005) 1.36
Perceptions of bed nets and malaria prevention before and after a randomized controlled trial of permethrin-treated bed nets in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.35
Getting antimalarials on target: impact of national roll-out of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on health facility treatment in three regions of Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2013) 1.35
Applied genomics: data mining reveals species-specific malaria diagnostic targets more sensitive than 18S rRNA. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.32
Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Tanzania after two years as first-line drug for uncomplicated malaria: assessment protocol and implication for treatment policy strategies. Malar J (2005) 1.26
The efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and morbidity in western Kenya II. Study design and methods. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.26
Diagnosis of malaria: challenges for clinicians in endemic and non-endemic regions. Mol Diagn Ther (2008) 1.25
Concentration and drug prices in the retail market for malaria treatment in rural Tanzania. Health Econ (2009) 1.25
Impact of a national HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaign on VCT in a rural hospital in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 1.24
Evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria candidate vaccine when integrated in the expanded program of immunization. J Infect Dis (2010) 1.21
A point mutation in codon 76 of pfcrt of P. falciparum is positively selected for by Chloroquine treatment in Tanzania. Infect Genet Evol (2002) 1.21
Drug coverage in treatment of malaria and the consequences for resistance evolution--evidence from the use of sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine. Malar J (2010) 1.19
Th17 cells, not IL-17+ γδ T cells, drive arthritic bone destruction in mice and humans. J Immunol (2011) 1.14
Improved antiretroviral treatment outcome in a rural African setting is associated with cART initiation at higher CD4 cell counts and better general health condition. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 1.14
Malaria survey in post-earthquake Haiti--2010. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.14
Antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing rural Malawian children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2003) 1.14
Serological markers for monitoring historical changes in malaria transmission intensity in a highly endemic region of Western Kenya, 1994-2009. Malar J (2014) 1.14
The costs of introducing artemisinin-based combination therapy: evidence from district-wide implementation in rural Tanzania. Malar J (2008) 1.13
A situational analysis of pharmacovigilance plans in the Global Fund Malaria and U.S. President's Malaria Initiative proposals. Malar J (2010) 1.12
Design of a phase III multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in children across diverse transmission settings in Africa. Malar J (2011) 1.11
Malaria surveillance--United States, 2002. MMWR Surveill Summ (2004) 1.11
dhfr and dhps genotype and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine treatment failure in children with falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.10
New global estimates of malaria deaths. Lancet (2012) 1.10
Routine delivery of artemisinin-based combination treatment at fixed health facilities reduces malaria prevalence in Tanzania: an observational study. Malar J (2012) 1.10
A contrarian view of malaria therapy policy in Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.07
A combined analysis of immunogenicity, antibody kinetics and vaccine efficacy from phase 2 trials of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. BMC Med (2014) 1.07
Challenges of establishing a Community Advisory Board (CAB) in a low-income, low-resource setting: experiences from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Health Res Policy Syst (2009) 1.07
In vivo efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine and chloroquine against Plasmodium vivax: a randomized open label trial in central Ethiopia. PLoS One (2013) 1.06
Anaemia in pregnancy and infant mortality in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 1.05
Use of proxy measures in estimating socioeconomic inequalities in malaria prevalence. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.05
Residual antimalarials in malaria patients from Tanzania--implications on drug efficacy assessment and spread of parasite resistance. PLoS One (2009) 1.05
In vivo efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Central Ethiopia. Malar J (2011) 1.03
Assessing the validity of health facility-based data on insecticide-treated bednet possession and use: comparison of data collected via health facility and household surveys--Lindi region and Rufiji district, Tanzania, 2005. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.02
Plasmodium falciparum population dynamics during the early phase of anti-malarial drug treatment in Tanzanian children with acute uncomplicated malaria. Malar J (2011) 1.02
Experience and challenges from clinical trials with malaria vaccines in Africa. Malar J (2013) 1.01
Protocol for the evaluation of a pay for performance programme in Pwani region in Tanzania: a controlled before and after study. Implement Sci (2013) 1.00
Virosome-formulated Plasmodium falciparum AMA-1 & CSP derived peptides as malaria vaccine: randomized phase 1b trial in semi-immune adults & children. PLoS One (2011) 0.99