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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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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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