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Improving the accuracy of malaria-related laboratory tests in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Inaccurate malaria results can lead to patient mismanagement, misperceptions about malaria resistance patterns and public health misinformation. All laboratories need to be able to demonstrate that their results are accurate. Establishing and maintaining a system for monitoring test accu...

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Autores principales:	Bates, Imelda, Bekoe, Veronica, Asamoa-Adu, Alex
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2004
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC529273/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15516269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-3-38

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