Influence of Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Tests on Treatment and Health Outcome in Fever Patients, Zanzibar—A Crossover Validation Study

BACKGROUND: The use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria is being suggested to improve diagnostic efficiency in peripheral health care settings in Africa. Such improved diagnostics are critical to minimize overuse and thereby delay development of resistance to artemisin...

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Autores principales: Msellem, Mwinyi I., Mårtensson, Andreas, Rotllant, Guida, Bhattarai, Achuyt, Strömberg, Johan, Kahigwa, Elizeus, Garcia, Montse, Petzold, Max, Olumese, Peter, Ali, Abdullah, Björkman, Anders
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19399156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000070

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19399156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000070

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