Multi-method assessment of patients with febrile illness reveals over-diagnosis of malaria in rural Uganda

BACKGROUND: Health clinics in rural Africa are typically resource-limited. As a result, many patients presenting with fever are treated with anti-malarial drugs based only on clinical presentation. This is a considerable issue in Uganda, where malaria is routinely over-diagnosed and over-treated, co...

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Autores principales: Ghai, Ria R., Thurber, Mary I., El Bakry, Azza, Chapman, Colin A., Goldberg, Tony L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27604542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1502-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27604542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1502-4

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