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Table 1 Test and Treat (TaT), Mass Drug Adminstration (MDA), and their combination

From: Testing and treatment for malaria elimination: a systematic review

 

Mass

Focal

Socio demographic groups only

Proactive

TaT

MTaTa

FTaTb

TTaT

MDA

MDA

fMDA

–

TaT + MDA

MTaT + fMDA

–

–

Reactive

TaT

Reactive MTaT

RACDc

–

MDA

–

RDA

–

TaT + MDA

–

RACD + RDA

–

  1. MTaT: Mass test and treat; FTaT: Focal test and treat; fMDA: focal mass drug administration; RACD: reactive case detection; RDA: reactive drug administration
  2. In this review, MTaT and FTaT may have also high-risk groups. There were 3 such MTaT studies (see Additional file 1: Appendix E) and 3 such RACD studies (Additional file 1: Appendix F)
  3. aAlso called mass screen and treat, MSAT
  4. bAlso called focal screen and treat, FSAT
  5. cAlso called reactive case detection and treatment, or RACDT
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