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Treatment guided by rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Tanzanian children: safety and alternative bacterial diagnoses
BACKGROUND: WHO guidelines for the treatment of young children with suspected malaria have recently changed from presumptive treatment to anti-malarial treatment guided by a blood slide or malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT). However, there is limited evidence of the safety of this policy in routine...
Autores principales: | Mtove, George, Hendriksen, Ilse CE, Amos, Ben, Mrema, Hedwiga, Mandia, Victor, Manjurano, Alphaxard, Muro, Florida, Sykes, Alma, Hildenwall, Helena, Whitty, Christopher JM, Reyburn, Hugh |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-290 |
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