Publications

malaria along the southernmost fringe of its distribution in africa: epidemiology and control.	after more than thirty years of malaria control in northern transvaal with residual insecticides, malaria prevalence has been reduced to a low level. however, low-grade transmission of plasmodium falciparum continues, with periodic focal outbreaks after abnormally high rainfall. from october 1973 to september 1976, the operational and epidemiological factors involved in this residual transmission were studied in over 17 000 people of an area of northern transvaal. incidence surveys based on the ...	1977	330017
field evaluation of a malaria rapid diagnostic test (ict pf).	malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mrdts) are quick and easy to perform and useful for diagnosing malaria in primary health care settings. in south africa most malaria infections are due to plasmodium falciparurrm, and hrpii-based mrdts have been used since 2001. previous studies in africa showed variability in sensitivity and specificity of hrpii-based mrdts; hence, we conducted a field evaluation in limpopo province to determine the accuracy of the mrdt currently used in public sector clinics and ...	2009	20218482