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Major Reduction in Anti-Malarial Drug Consumption in Senegal after Nation-Wide Introduction of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
BACKGROUND: While WHO recently recommended universal parasitological confirmation of suspected malaria prior to treatment, debate has continued as to whether wide-scale use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can achieve this goal. Adherence of health service personnel to RDT results has been poor in s...
Autores principales: | Thiam, Sylla, Thior, Moussa, Faye, Babacar, Ndiop, Médoune, Diouf, Mamadou Lamine, Diouf, Mame Birame, Diallo, Ibrahima, Fall, Fatou Ba, Ndiaye, Jean Louis, Albertini, Audrey, Lee, Evan, Jorgensen, Pernille, Gaye, Oumar, Bell, David |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018419 |
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