V. Mung’ala‐Odera, Rose Meehan, Patricia Njuguna, Neema Mturi et al.
BACKGROUND: The 'Ten Questions' Questionnaire (TQQ) is used to detect severe neurological impairment in children living in resource-poor countries. Its usefulness has been established in Asia and the Caribbean, but there are a few published studies from Africa. We evaluated the TQQ as part of a larg...
James A Watson, Sophie Uyoga, Perpetual Wanjiku, Johnstone Makale et al.
Severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is difficult to diagnose accurately in children in high-transmission settings. Using data from 2649 pediatric and adult patients enrolled in four studies of severe illness in three countries (Bangladesh, Kenya, and Uganda), we fitted Bayesian latent cla...
James A Watson, Sophie Uyoga, Perpetual Wanjiku, Johnstone Makale et al.
Abstract Background Severe falciparum malaria is difficult to diagnose accurately in children in high transmission settings. Platelet counts and plasma concentrations of P. falciparum histidinerich protein-2 ( Pf HRP2) are potential biomarkers to increase diagnostic accuracy. Methods We fitted Bayes...