Malaria Malaria Microscopy device cost-effectiveness
Conditions
Interventions
Series of blood smear slides* from patient who completed 42-day follow-up prior to July 2017 from patient recruited from TRACII study sites: Ramu (Bangladesh, n 27), Phusing (Thailand, n 11) and Paili
Other
Series of blood smear slides from patient who completed 42-day follow-up prior to July 2017
Sponsors
University of Oxford
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Months to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1 Blood smear slides from patient who had asexual P.faciparum parasitemia of greater-than 5,000 parasite per microlitre at the time of enrollment 2 Blood smear slides from patients whose follow-up D42 occurred before July 2017 3 Blood smear slides from patient who signed study consents to store their specimens for future studies
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Blood smear slides with poor quality 2 Blood smear slides already used to train the Autoscope algorithms
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parasite density estimates 6 months By using Bland-Altman plots | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Inter-assessment reliability in classification of slow vs. fast clearing parasit 6 months By using Kappa statistic ,Cost-effectiveness of Autoscope 3 for parasite clearance assessments 6 months Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactDr. Mehul Dhorda
WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network
Outcome results
None listed