Challenges to malaria surveillance following elimination of indigenous transmission: findings from a hospital-based study in rural Sri Lanka.
2015
Results: Of 403 fever patients, 150 warranted screening for malaria under the criteria defined by the Anti Malaria Campaign (AMC), with 93 of them having fever for over 7 days. Of these eligible patients, 12.6% (19/150) were investigated by doctors (including 3 persons with fever over 7 days), 14.6% (22/150) by laboratory staff and 72.6% (109/150) by the research team. The majority of doctors were not familiar with the treatment guidelines for malaria (76.5%, 75/98).
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