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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Test-Based versus Presumptive Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Children under Five Years in an Area of High Transmission in Central Ghana
BACKGROUND: The presumptive approach of confirming malaria in health facilities leads to over-diagnosis of malaria, over use of anti-malaria drugs and the risk of drug resistance development. WHO recommends parasitological confirmation before treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT...
Autores principales: | Tawiah, Theresa, Hansen, Kristian Schultz, Baiden, Frank, Bruce, Jane, Tivura, Mathilda, Delimini, Rupert, Amengo-Etego, Seeba, Chandramohan, Daniel, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Webster, Jayne |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047443/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164055 |
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