Rapid diagnostic tests versus clinical diagnosis for managing people with fever in malaria endemic settings

BACKGROUND: In 2010, the World Health Organization recommended that all patients with suspected malaria are tested for malaria before treatment. In rural African settings light microscopy is often unavailable. Diagnosis has relied on detecting fever, and most people were given antimalarial drugs pre...

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Autores principales: Odaga, John, Sinclair, David, Lokong, Joseph A, Donegan, Sarah, Hopkins, Heidi, Garner, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2014
Materias:
Medicine General & Introductory Medical Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24740584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008998.pub2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24740584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008998.pub2

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