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Reduction of anti-malarial consumption after rapid diagnostic tests implementation in Dar es Salaam: a before-after and cluster randomized controlled study

BACKGROUND: Presumptive treatment of all febrile patients with anti-malarials leads to massive over-treatment. The aim was to assess the effect of implementing malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) on prescription of anti-malarials in urban Tanzania. METHODS: The design was a prospective collection...

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Autores principales:	D'Acremont, Valérie, Kahama-Maro, Judith, Swai, Ndeniria, Mtasiwa, Deo, Genton, Blaise, Lengeler, Christian
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2011
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21529365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-107

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