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How can malaria rapid diagnostic tests achieve their potential? A qualitative study of a trial at health facilities in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria are at the early stages of introduction across malaria endemic countries. This is central to efforts to decrease malaria overdiagnosis and the consequent overuse of valuable anti-malarials and underdiagnosis of alternative causes of fever. Eviden...
Autores principales: | Chandler, Clare IR, Whitty, Christopher JM, Ansah, Evelyn K |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-95 |
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