Estimating malaria parasite prevalence from community surveys in Uganda: a comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic tests and polymerase chain reaction

Estimating malaria parasite prevalence from community surveys in Uganda: a comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic tests and polymerase chain reaction

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Yeka, Adoke, Arinaitwe, Emmanuel, Kigozi, Ruth, Drakeley, Chris, Kamya, Moses R., Greenhouse, Bryan, Rosenthal, Philip J., Dorsey, Grant, Staedke, Sarah G.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696244/

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