The exit interview as a proxy measure of malaria case management practice: sensitivity and specificity relative to direct observation (Publications)
sensitivity and specificity of exit interviews as a measure of malaria case management practice as compared to direct observation.MethodsThe malaria case management of 1654 febrile patients attending 110 health [...] specificity from 70.6% to 98.1%.ConclusionThe exit interview appears to be a valid measure of objective malaria case management practices such as the completion of a diagnostic test or the provision of antimalarial [...] but may be a less valid measure of low frequency, subjective...
Feeding and survival of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae on plants growing in Kenya (Publications)
The propensity of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) to ingest sugars from various plants, and subsequent survival rates, were assessed with laboratory-reared males [...] female An. gambiae, as well as males, and may constitute and important resource for this important malaria vector