A national health facility survey of malaria infection among febrile patients in Kenya, 2014 Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: The use of malaria infection prevalence among febrile patients at clinics has a potential to be a valuable epidemiological surveillance tool. However, routine data are incomplete and not all fevers are tested. This study was designed to screen all fevers for malaria infection in Kenya to explore the epidemiology of fever test positivity rates.
METHODS: Random sampling was used within five malaria epidemiological zones of ...