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Should countries implementing an artemisinin-based combination malaria treatment policy also introduce rapid diagnostic tests?

BACKGROUND: Within the context of increasing antimalarial costs and or decreasing malaria transmission, the importance of limiting antimalarial treatment to only those confirmed as having malaria parasites becomes paramount. This motivates for this assessment of the cost-effectiveness of routine use...

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Autores principales: Zikusooka, Charlotte M, McIntyre, Diane, Barnes, Karen I
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2556342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18793410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-176