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Cost comparison of microscopy vs. empiric treatment for malaria in southwestern nigeria: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Presumptive treatment for malaria is common in resource-limited settings, yet controversial given the imprecision of clinical diagnosis. The researchers compared costs of diagnosis and drugs for two strategies: (1) empirical treatment of malaria via clinical diagnosis; and (2) empirical...

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Autores principales: Parikh, Ravi, Amole, Isaac, Tarpley, Margaret, Gbadero, Daniel, Davidson, Mario, Vermund, Sten H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21176228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-371