Potential for community based surveillance of febrile diseases: Feasibility of self-administered rapid diagnostic tests in Iquitos, Peru and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

• Main Authors: Amy C Morrison (Author), Julia Schwarz (Author), Jennie L Mckenney (Author), Jhonny Cordova (Author), Jennifer E Rios (Author), W Lorena Quiroz (Author), S Alfonso Vizcarra (Author), Heng Sopheab (Author), Karin M Bauer (Author), Chhorvann Chhea (Author), Vonthanak Saphonn (Author), Robert D Hontz (Author), Pamina M Gorbach (Author), Valerie A Paz-Soldan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have the potential to identify infectious diseases quickly, minimize disease transmission, and could complement and improve surveillance and control of infectious and vector-borne diseases during outbreaks. The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Joint Science a...