Published in PLoS Med on January 06, 2009
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Major reduction in anti-malarial drug consumption in Senegal after nation-wide introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests. PLoS One (2011) 3.09
Use of RDTs to improve malaria diagnosis and fever case management at primary health care facilities in Uganda. Malar J (2010) 2.86
Low quality of routine microscopy for malaria at different levels of the health system in Dar es Salaam. Malar J (2011) 2.01
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Estimating the number of paediatric fevers associated with malaria infection presenting to Africa's public health sector in 2007. PLoS Med (2010) 1.80
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The role of rapid diagnostic tests in managing malaria. PLoS Med (2009) 1.39
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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
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Accuracy of rapid tests for malaria and treatment outcomes for malaria and non-malaria cases among under-five children in rural Ghana. PLoS One (2012) 1.28
An evaluation of the clinical assessments of under-five febrile children presenting to primary health facilities in rural Ghana. PLoS One (2011) 1.22
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Prescribing practice for malaria following introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in an urban area with declining endemicity in West Africa. Malar J (2010) 0.99
Confirmed malaria cases among children under five with fever and history of fever in rural western Tanzania. BMC Res Notes (2011) 0.97
The benefits or otherwise of managing malaria cases with or without laboratory diagnosis: the experience in a district hospital in Ghana. PLoS One (2013) 0.94
Impact of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria at a peripheral health facility in Western Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis. Malar J (2015) 0.94
How do we best diagnose malaria in Africa? Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 0.90
The potential impact of improving appropriate treatment for fever on malaria and non-malarial febrile illness management in under-5s: a decision-tree modelling approach. PLoS One (2013) 0.90
Anti-malarial prescription practices among children admitted to six public hospitals in Uganda from 2011 to 2013. Malar J (2015) 0.87
Predictive value of fever and palmar pallor for P. falciparum parasitaemia in children from an endemic area. PLoS One (2012) 0.86
Parasite-based malaria diagnosis: are health systems in Uganda equipped enough to implement the policy? BMC Public Health (2012) 0.84
Poor adherence to the malaria management protocol among health workers attending under-five year old febrile children at Omdurman Hospital, Sudan. Malar J (2015) 0.83
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Should malaria treatment be guided by a point of care rapid test? A threshold approach to malaria management in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS One (2013) 0.82
Implementation of the integrated management of childhood illness with parasitological diagnosis of malaria in rural Ghana: health worker perceptions. Malar J (2015) 0.76
Predictors of malaria in febrile children in Sokoto, Nigeria. Niger Med J (2014) 0.75
The Role of Laboratory Supervision in Improving the Quality of Malaria Diagnosis: A Pilot Study in Huambo, Angola. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.75
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Rapid diagnostic tests compared with malaria microscopy for guiding outpatient treatment of febrile illness in Tanzania: randomised trial. BMJ (2007) 10.03
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Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria at sites of varying transmission intensity in Uganda. J Infect Dis (2008) 4.60
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Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 4.46
Treatment of malaria restricted to laboratory-confirmed cases: a prospective cohort study in Ugandan children. Malar J (2007) 4.05
The impact of response to the results of diagnostic tests for malaria: cost-benefit analysis. BMJ (2008) 4.02
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 financial and clinical implications of adult malaria diagnosis using microscopy in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 2.79
The importance of context in malaria diagnosis and treatment decisions - a quantitative analysis of observed clinical encounters in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.99
The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future. Lancet Infect Dis (2004) 14.42
A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007. PLoS Med (2009) 12.82
Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa. Nat Rev Microbiol (2005) 11.88
Mortality after fluid bolus in African children with severe infection. N Engl J Med (2011) 10.99
The limits and intensity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: implications for malaria control and elimination worldwide. PLoS Med (2008) 8.95
Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya. Lancet (2008) 8.50
Shrinking the malaria map: progress and prospects. Lancet (2010) 8.21
Effect of expanded insecticide-treated bednet coverage on child survival in rural Kenya: a longitudinal study. Lancet (2007) 7.98
Satellite imagery in the study and forecast of malaria. Nature (2002) 7.84
Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands. Nature (2002) 7.70
The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya. Malar J (2007) 7.45
Estimating the global clinical burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 2007. PLoS Med (2010) 7.22
Improved diagnostic testing and malaria treatment practices in Zambia. JAMA (2007) 7.15
Assessment of inpatient paediatric care in first referral level hospitals in 13 districts in Kenya. Lancet (2004) 7.13
Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children. PLoS Med (2007) 6.92
Insecticide-treated net coverage in Africa: mapping progress in 2000-07. Lancet (2008) 6.91
The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 6.64
Measuring malaria endemicity from intense to interrupted transmission. Lancet Infect Dis (2008) 6.53
Operational strategies to achieve and maintain malaria elimination. Lancet (2010) 6.48
The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 6.23
Scaling-up coverage with insecticide-treated nets against malaria in Africa: who should pay? Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 5.74
The malaria Atlas Project: developing global maps of malaria risk. PLoS Med (2006) 5.51
The effect of mobile phone text-message reminders on Kenyan health workers' adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet (2011) 5.42
Revisiting the basic reproductive number for malaria and its implications for malaria control. PLoS Biol (2007) 5.40
Forecasting, warning, and detection of malaria epidemics: a case study. Lancet (2003) 5.27
Quantifying the number of pregnancies at risk of malaria in 2007: a demographic study. PLoS Med (2010) 4.89
The challenges of changing national malaria drug policy to artemisinin-based combinations in Kenya. Malar J (2007) 4.85
Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria. Science (2012) 4.60
Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 4.46
Case definitions of clinical malaria under different transmission conditions in Kilifi District, Kenya. J Infect Dis (2005) 4.44
Mapping the global extent of malaria in 2005. Trends Parasitol (2006) 4.43
Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010. PLoS One (2012) 4.34
Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa. Nat Genet (2009) 4.30
Negative epistasis between the malaria-protective effects of alpha+-thalassemia and the sickle cell trait. Nat Genet (2005) 4.22
Guidelines and mindlines: why do clinical staff over-diagnose malaria in Tanzania? A qualitative study. Malar J (2008) 4.22
Paediatric malaria case-management with artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: a repeat cross-sectional study. Malar J (2007) 4.21
Delivery of paediatric care at the first-referral level in Kenya. Lancet (2004) 4.16
Measurement of trends in childhood malaria mortality in Africa: an assessment of progress toward targets based on verbal autopsy. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 4.10
Ranking of elimination feasibility between malaria-endemic countries. Lancet (2010) 4.05
The impact of response to the results of diagnostic tests for malaria: cost-benefit analysis. BMJ (2008) 4.02
Standardizing estimates of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate. Malar J (2007) 3.87
Treatment of paediatric malaria during a period of drug transition to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: cross sectional study. BMJ (2005) 3.80
Altitude-dependent and -independent variations in Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in northeastern Tanzania. J Infect Dis (2005) 3.75
Malaria case-management under artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy in Uganda. Malar J (2008) 3.73
Defining and detecting malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 3.55
Improving imperfect data from health management information systems in Africa using space-time geostatistics. PLoS Med (2006) 3.53
Impact of malaria during pregnancy on low birth weight in sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Microbiol Rev (2004) 3.45
The cost-effectiveness of parasitologic diagnosis for malaria-suspected patients in an era of combination therapy. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 3.44
Assembling a global database of malaria parasite prevalence for the Malaria Atlas Project. Malar J (2007) 3.42
Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 3.29
Why don't health workers prescribe ACT? A qualitative study of factors affecting the prescription of artemether-lumefantrine. Malar J (2008) 3.25
Predicting changing malaria risk after expanded insecticide-treated net coverage in Africa. Trends Parasitol (2009) 3.25
Modelling distances travelled to government health services in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 3.22
Malaria prevention in highland Kenya: indoor residual house-spraying vs. insecticide-treated bednets. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 3.20
Malaria misdiagnosis in Uganda--implications for policy change. Malar J (2009) 3.19
The use of formal and informal curative services in the management of paediatric fevers in four districts in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 3.19
Effect of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on the management of uncomplicated malaria with artemether-lumefantrine in Kenya: a cluster randomized trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 3.17
Sickle cell trait and the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and other childhood diseases. J Infect Dis (2005) 3.12
Piloting the global subsidy: the impact of subsidized artemisinin-based combination therapies distributed through private drug shops in rural Tanzania. PLoS One (2009) 3.11
Hot topic or hot air? Climate change and malaria resurgence in East African highlands. Trends Parasitol (2002) 3.10
Climate change and the global malaria recession. Nature (2010) 3.10
How absolute is zero? An evaluation of historical and current definitions of malaria elimination. Malar J (2010) 3.05
Meteorologic influences on Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Highland Tea Estates of Kericho, Western Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 3.02
Got ACTs? Availability, price, market share and provider knowledge of anti-malarial medicines in public and private sector outlets in six malaria-endemic countries. Malar J (2011) 2.99
Costs and consequences of large-scale vector control for malaria. Malar J (2008) 2.93
Malaria drug shortages in Kenya: a major failure to provide access to effective treatment. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 2.84
Is private health care the answer to the health problems of the world's poor? PLoS Med (2008) 2.82
Impact of malaria control on childhood anaemia in Africa -- a quantitative review. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 2.80
Heterogeneous mobile phone ownership and usage patterns in Kenya. PLoS One (2012) 2.78
Modelling the global constraints of temperature on transmission of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax. Parasit Vectors (2011) 2.78
The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 2.76
The use of mosquito nets and the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rural South Central Somalia. PLoS One (2008) 2.72
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Global warming and malaria: a call for accuracy. Lancet Infect Dis (2004) 2.63
Coverage of malaria protection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis and analysis of national survey data. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 2.60
Serologic markers for detecting malaria in areas of low endemicity, Somalia, 2008. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 2.59
An updated atlas of human helminth infections: the example of East Africa. Int J Health Geogr (2009) 2.54
Heritability of malaria in Africa. PLoS Med (2005) 2.49
Clinical algorithms for malaria diagnosis lack utility among people of different age groups. Trop Med Int Health (2005) 2.46
Climate variability and malaria epidemics in the highlands of East Africa. Trends Parasitol (2005) 2.46
The co-distribution of Plasmodium falciparum and hookworm among African schoolchildren. Malar J (2006) 2.45
The use of insecticide treated nets by age: implications for universal coverage in Africa. BMC Public Health (2009) 2.45
Spatial prediction of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in Somalia. Malar J (2008) 2.44
Wealth, mother's education and physical access as determinants of retail sector net use in rural Kenya. Malar J (2006) 2.37
Guidelines for field surveys of the quality of medicines: a proposal. PLoS Med (2009) 2.36
Relationship between exposure, clinical malaria, and age in an area of changing transmission intensity. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 2.29
Knowledge of malaria influences the use of insecticide treated nets but not intermittent presumptive treatment by pregnant women in Tanzania. Malar J (2004) 2.25
Likely health outcomes for untreated acute febrile illness in the tropics in decision and economic models; a Delphi survey. PLoS One (2011) 2.24
Malaria overdiagnosis: is patient pressure the problem? Health Policy Plan (2008) 2.23
Free bednets to pregnant women through antenatal clinics in Kenya: a cheap, simple and equitable approach to delivery. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.22
Malaria paediatric hospitalization between 1999 and 2008 across Kenya. BMC Med (2009) 2.20
Age patterns of severe paediatric malaria and their relationship to Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity. Malar J (2009) 2.19
Invasive bacterial and fungal infections among hospitalized HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults and adolescents in northern Tanzania. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 2.18
Plasmodium infection and its risk factors in eastern Uganda. Malar J (2010) 2.13
Motivation, money and respect: a mixed-method study of Tanzanian non-physician clinicians. Soc Sci Med (2009) 2.11