Meredith L McMorrow

Summary

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Challenges in routine implementation and quality control of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria--Rufiji District, Tanzania
    Meredith L McMorrow
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:385-90. 2008
  2. ncbi Measles outbreak in South Africa, 2003-2005
    Meredith L McMorrow
    Malaria Branch Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, USA
    S Afr Med J 99:314-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania
    Meredith L McMorrow
    U S Public Health Service and Malaria Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:151-5. 2010
  4. ncbi Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in elimination settings--can they find the last parasite?
    M L McMorrow
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Clin Microbiol Infect 17:1624-31. 2011
  5. ncbi Diagnosis of malaria: challenges for clinicians in endemic and non-endemic regions
    Rachel N Bronzan
    United States Public Health Service, Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Mol Diagn Ther 12:299-306. 2008

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Challenges in routine implementation and quality control of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria--Rufiji District, Tanzania
    Meredith L McMorrow
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:385-90. 2008
    ..There is an urgent need for the development of alternative quality control procedures for rapid diagnostic tests that can be performed at the facility level...
  2. ncbi Measles outbreak in South Africa, 2003-2005
    Meredith L McMorrow
    Malaria Branch Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, USA
    S Afr Med J 99:314-9. 2009
    ..However, from July 2003 to November 2005, 1676 laboratory-confirmed measles cases were reported in South Africa. We investigated the outbreak's cause and the role of HIV...
  3. ncbi Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania
    Meredith L McMorrow
    U S Public Health Service and Malaria Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:151-5. 2010
    ..Centralized staining and reading of blood smears provided useful monitoring of RDT performance. However, this level of QA may not be sustainable nationwide...
  4. ncbi Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in elimination settings--can they find the last parasite?
    M L McMorrow
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Clin Microbiol Infect 17:1624-31. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Diagnosis of malaria: challenges for clinicians in endemic and non-endemic regions
    Rachel N Bronzan
    United States Public Health Service, Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Mol Diagn Ther 12:299-306. 2008
    ..In this review we discuss the available malaria diagnostic tests, appropriate applications for each, and the challenges of malaria diagnosis in both endemic and non-endemic settings...