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| Title |
Pooled PCR testing strategy and prevalence estimation of submicroscopic infections using Bayesian latent class models in pregnant women receiving intermittent preventive treatment at Machinga District Hospital, Malawi, 2010
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| Published in |
Malaria Journal, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-509 |
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| Authors |
Zhiyong Zhou, Rebecca Mans Mitchell, Julie Gutman, Ryan E Wiegand, Dyson A Mwandama, Don P Mathanga, Jacek Skarbinski, Ya Ping Shi |
| Abstract |
Low malaria parasite densities in pregnancy are a diagnostic challenge. PCR provides high sensitivity and specificity in detecting low density of parasites, but cost and technical requirements limit its application in resources-limited settings. Pooling samples for PCR detection was explored to estimate prevalence of submicroscopic malaria infection in pregnant women at delivery. Previous work uses gold-standard based methods to calculate sensitivity and specificity of tests, creating a challenge when newer methodologies are substantially more sensitive than the gold standard. Thus prevalence was estimated using Bayesian latent class models (LCMs) in this study. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 75 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 19% |
| Researcher | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 21% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 7% |
| Design | 4 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 23% |
| Unknown | 15 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 18 March 2020.
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#3,740
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#181,611
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#58
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