Expanding access to parasite-based malaria diagnosis through retail drug shops in Tanzania: evidence from a randomized trial and implications for treatment

BACKGROUND: Tanzania has seen a reduction in the fraction of fevers caused by malaria, likely due in part to scale-up of control measures. While national guidelines require parasite-based diagnosis prior to treatment, it is estimated that more than half of suspected malaria treatment-seeking in Tanz...

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Autores principales: Maloney, Kathleen, Ward, Abigail, Krenz, Bonnie, Petty, Nora, Bryson, Lindsay, Dolkart, Caitlin, Visser, Theodoor, Le Menach, Arnaud, Scott, Valerie K., Cohen, Justin M., Mtumbuka, Esther, Mkude, Sigsbert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5209819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28049481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1658-y

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