Implementation of field detection devices for antimalarial quality screening in Lao PDR—A cost-effectiveness analysis

Nantasit Luangasanatip; Panarasri Khonputsa; Céline Caillet; Serena Vickers; Stephen Zambrzycki; Facundo M. Fernández; Paul N. Newton; Yoel Lubell

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009539

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Implementation of field detection devices for antimalarial quality screening in Lao PDR—A cost-effectiveness analysis

Nantasit Luangasanatip ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nantasit@tropmedres.ac

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8501-6092

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Panarasri Khonputsa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Céline Caillet,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)/Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Serena Vickers,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)/Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Stephen Zambrzycki,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Facundo M. Fernández,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Paul N. Newton,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)/Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Yoel Lubell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Implementation of field detection devices for antimalarial quality screening in Lao PDR—A cost-effectiveness analysis

Nantasit Luangasanatip,
Panarasri Khonputsa,
Céline Caillet,
Serena Vickers,
Stephen Zambrzycki,
Facundo M. Fernández,
Paul N. Newton,
Yoel Lubell

Published: September 30, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009539

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