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Symptomatic malaria diagnosis overestimate malaria prevalence, but underestimate anaemia burdens in children: results of a follow up study in Kenya

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, April 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (73rd percentile)

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Title
Symptomatic malaria diagnosis overestimate malaria prevalence, but underestimate anaemia burdens in children: results of a follow up study in Kenya
Published in
BMC Public Health, April 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-14-332
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Authors

Joseph K Choge, Ng’wena G Magak, Willis Akhwale, Julius Koech, Moses M Ngeiywa, Elijah Oyoo-Okoth, Fabian Esamai, Odipo Osano, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Eliningaya J Kweka

Abstract

The commonly accepted gold standard diagnostic method for detecting malaria is a microscopic reading of Giemsa-stained blood films. However, symptomatic diagnosis remains the basis of therapeutic care for the majority of febrile patients in malaria endemic areas. This study aims to compare the discrepancy in malaria and anaemia burdens between symptomatic diagnosed patients with those diagnosed through the laboratory.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Kenya 2 1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Unknown 135 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 25 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 16%
Student > Bachelor 22 16%
Researcher 14 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 7%
Other 17 12%
Unknown 28 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 37 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 20 14%
Social Sciences 15 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 3%
Other 17 12%
Unknown 33 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 May 2014.
All research outputs
#4,007,457
of 22,754,104 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,459
of 14,827 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#40,524
of 228,039 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#65
of 249 outputs
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