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Introducing malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private medicine retail outlets: A systematic literature review
BACKGROUND: Many patients with malaria-like symptoms seek treatment in private medicine retail outlets (PMR) that distribute malaria medicines but do not traditionally provide diagnostic services, potentially leading to overtreatment with antimalarial drugs. To achieve universal access to prompt par...
Autores principales: | Visser, Theodoor, Bruxvoort, Katia, Maloney, Kathleen, Leslie, Toby, Barat, Lawrence M., Allan, Richard, Ansah, Evelyn K., Anyanti, Jennifer, Boulton, Ian, Clarke, Siân E., Cohen, Jessica L., Cohen, Justin M., Cutherell, Andrea, Dolkart, Caitlin, Eves, Katie, Fink, Günther, Goodman, Catherine, Hutchinson, Eleanor, Lal, Sham, Mbonye, Anthony, Onwujekwe, Obinna, Petty, Nora, Pontarollo, Julie, Poyer, Stephen, Schellenberg, David, Streat, Elizabeth, Ward, Abigail, Wiseman, Virginia, Whitty, Christopher J. M., Yeung, Shunmay, Cunningham, Jane, Chandler, Clare I. R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5333947/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28253315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173093 |
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