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Assessment of the utility of a symptom-based algorithm for identifying febrile patients for malaria diagnostic testing in Senegal
BACKGROUND: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) enable point-of-care testing to be nearly as sensitive and specific as reference microscopy. The Senegal National Malaria Control Programme introduced RDTs in 2007, along with a case management algorithm for uncomplicated febrile illness, in which th...
Autores principales: | Thwing, Julie, Ba, Fatou, Diaby, Alou, Diedhiou, Younouss, Sylla, Assane, Sall, Guelaye, Diouf, Mame Birame, Gueye, Alioune Badara, Gaye, Seynabou, Ndiop, Medoune, Cisse, Moustapha, Ndiaye, Daouda, Ba, Mady |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5333468/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28249580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1750-y |
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