Limitations of rapid diagnostic testing in patients with suspected malaria: a diagnostic accuracy evaluation from Swaziland, a low-endemicity country aiming for …

…, S Darteh, N Ntshalintshali, N Nhlabathi… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. The performance of Plasmodium falciparum–specific histidine-rich protein 2–based
rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to evaluate suspected malaria in low-endemicity settings …

High Genetic Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in the Low-Transmission Setting of the Kingdom of Eswatini

…, SK Tessema, M Murphy, N Nhlabathi… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background To better understand transmission dynamics, we characterized Plasmodium
falciparum genetic diversity in Eswatini, where transmission is low and sustained by importation…

Active case finding for malaria: a 3-year national evaluation of optimal approaches to detect infections and hotspots through reactive case detection in the low …

…, N Dlamini, N Nhlabathi… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Reactive case detection (RACD) is a widely practiced malaria elimination
intervention whereby close contacts of index cases receive malaria testing to inform treatment and …

Effectiveness and safety of reactive focal mass drug administration (rfMDA) using dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine to reduce malaria transmission in the very low …

…, K Bhangu, LM Prach, K Baltzell, N Nhlabathi… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction To reduce malaria transmission in very low-endemic settings, screening and
treatment near index cases (reactive case detection (RACD)), is widely practised, but the rapid …

Low-quality housing is associated with increased risk of malaria infection: a national population-based study from the low transmission setting of Swaziland

…, D Pindolia, R Allen, N Nhlabathi… - Open forum …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Low-quality housing may confer risk of malaria infection, but evidence in low
transmission settings is limited. Methods To examine the relationship between individual level …

Inferring person-to-person networks of pathogen transmission: is routine surveillance data up to the task?

…, N Dlamini, M Murphy, S Vilakati, N Nhlabathi… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Inference of person-to-person transmission networks using routinely collected surveillance
data is being used increasingly to estimate spatiotemporal patterns of pathogen transmission. …

[HTML][HTML] Inferring person-to-person networks of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: are analyses of routine surveillance data up to the task?

…, N Dlamini, M Murphy, S Vilakati, N Nhlabathi… - Malaria journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Inference of person-to-person transmission networks using surveillance data is
increasingly used to estimate spatiotemporal patterns of pathogen transmission. Several …

Effectiveness and Safety of Reactive Focal Mass Drug Administration versus Reactive Case Detection to Reduce Malaria Transmission in Very Low-Endemic Setting …

…, K Bhangu, LM Prach, K Baltzell, N Nhlabathi… - 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Background: Screening and treatment near malaria index cases (reactive case detection (RACD)),
is widely practiced, but the rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) used miss low density …

Improving vaccine trials in infectious disease emergencies

M Lipsitch, N Eyal - Science, 2017 - science.org
Unprecedented global effort is under way to facilitate the testing of countermeasures in
infectious disease emergencies. Better understanding of the various options for trial design is …

[HTML][HTML] Travel patterns and demographic characteristics of malaria cases in Swaziland, 2010–2014

N Tejedor‐Garavito, N Dlamini, D Pindolia, A Soble… - Malaria Journal, 2017 - Springer
Background As Swaziland progresses towards national malaria elimination, the importation
of parasites into receptive areas becomes increasingly important. Imported infections have …