Low cost and real-time surveillance of enteric infection and diarrhoeal disease using rapid diagnostic tests in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
With an appropriate correction for diagnostic performance RDTs can be used to generate reliable prevalence estimates, maps, and well-calibrated uncertainty estimates at a significantly lower cost than lab-based studies, providing a useful approach for disease surveillance in these settings.
Authors
- Ashok Kumar Barman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2272-2974)
- Ryan Rego (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-9366)
- Baharul Alam
- M. Sirajul Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9673-7589)
- Richard Lilford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-984X)
- Abu Syed Golam Faruque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-4653)
- Mohammed Atique Ul Alam
- Sam Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-769X)
Institutions
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Conflict and Health
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-024-00617-1
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Medical Research Council