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Impact of training in clinical and microscopy diagnosis of childhood malaria on antimalarial drug prescription and health outcome at primary health care level in Tanzania: A randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Prescribing antimalarial medicines based on parasite confirmed diagnosis of malaria is critical to rational drug use and optimal outcome of febrile illness. The impact of microscopy-based versus clinical-based diagnosis of childhood malaria was assessed at primary health care (PHC) facil...
Autores principales: | Ngasala, Billy, Mubi, Marycelina, Warsame, Marian, Petzold, Max G, Massele, Amos Y, Gustafsson, Lars L, Tomson, Goran, Premji, Zul, Bjorkman, Anders |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566575/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18831737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-199 |
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