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Public Library of Science, PLoS Medicine, 6(10), p. e1001467, 2013

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001467

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Targeting Asymptomatic Malaria Infections: Active Surveillance in Control and Elimination

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Abstract

Hugh Sturrock and colleagues discuss the role of active case detection in low malaria transmission settings. They argue that the evidence for its effectiveness is sparse and that targeted mass drug administration should be evaluated as an alternative or addition to active case detection.