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Rapid diagnostic tests to improve treatment of malaria and other febrile illnesses: patient randomised effectiveness trial in primary care clinics in Afghanistan
Objective To assess the impact of rapid diagnostic tests on the diagnostic accuracy and treatment of malaria and non-severe fever in an Asian setting. Design Patient randomised trial in primary level clinics. Setting Two areas of Afghanistan where Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are endem...
Autores principales: | Leslie, Toby, Mikhail, Amy, Mayan, Ismail, Cundill, Bonnie, Anwar, Mohammed, Bakhtash, Sayed Habib, Mohammed, Nader, Rahman, Habib, Zekria, Rohullah, Whitty, Christopher J M, Rowland, Mark |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4064827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24948695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g3730 |
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