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Low quality of routine microscopy for malaria at different levels of the health system in Dar es Salaam

BACKGROUND: Laboratory capacity to confirm malaria cases in Tanzania is low and presumptive treatment of malaria is being practiced widely. In malaria endemic areas WHO now recommends systematic laboratory testing when suspecting malaria. Currently, the use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) is recomm...

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Autores principales: Kahama-Maro, Judith, D'Acremont, Valerie, Mtasiwa, Deo, Genton, Blaise, Lengeler, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22047131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-332