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Guidelines and mindlines: why do clinical staff over-diagnose malaria in Tanzania? A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Malaria over-diagnosis in Africa is widespread and costly both financially and in terms of morbidity and mortality from missed diagnoses. An understanding of the reasons behind malaria over-diagnosis is urgently needed to inform strategies for better targeting of antimalarials. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Chandler, Clare IR, Jones, Caroline, Boniface, Gloria, Juma, Kaseem, Reyburn, Hugh, Whitty, Christopher JM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18384669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-53