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Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of all malaria cases. Tanzania is implementing a phased rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for routine use in all levels of care as one strategy to increase parasitological confirmation of malaria diagnos...

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Autores principales:	Masanja, Irene M, Selemani, Majige, Amuri, Baraka, Kajungu, Dan, Khatib, Rashid, Kachur, S Patrick, Skarbinski, Jacek
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2012
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471012/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-221

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