Validity of Verbal Autopsy Procedures for Determining Malaria Deaths in Different Epidemiological Settings in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) procedures can be used to estimate cause of death in settings with inadequate vital registries. However, the sensitivity of VA for determining malaria-specific mortality may be low, and may vary with transmission intensity. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of VA pr...

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Autores principales: Mpimbaza, Arthur, Filler, Scott, Katureebe, Agaba, Kinara, Steven O., Nzabandora, Emmanuel, Quick, Linda, Ratcliffe, Amy, Wabwire-Mangen, Fred, Chandramohan, Daniel, Staedke, Sarah G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026892

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026892

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