Irregular Migration as a Potential Source of Malaria Reintroduction in Sri Lanka and Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests at Point-of-Entry Screening

Background. We describe an irregular migrant who returned to Sri Lanka after a failed people smuggling operation from West Africa. Results. On-arrival screening by Anti-Malaria Campaign (AMC) officers using a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) (CareStart Malaria HRP2/PLDH) indicated a negative result. On d...

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Autores principales: Wickramage, Kolitha, Galappaththy, Gawrie N. L., Dayarathne, D., Peiris, Sharika L., Basnayake, Rajeeka N., Mosca, Davide, Jacobs, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/465906

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/465906

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