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“Testing for malaria does not cure any pain” A qualitative study exploring low use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests at drug shops in rural Uganda

The World Health Organization recommends all suspected malaria cases be confirmed with a parasitological test, typically a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), prior to treatment. Despite recommendations, many fevers presenting at private drug shops are treated presumptively as malaria without diagnostic te...

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Autores principales: Shelus, Victoria, Mumbere, Nobert, Masereka, Amos, Masika, Bonita, Kiitha, Joackim, Nyangoma, Grace, Mulogo, Edgar M., Barrington, Clare, Baguma, Emmanuel, Muhindo, Rabbison, Herrington, James E., Emch, Michael, Maman, Suzanne, Boyce, Ross M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001235