Self-diagnosis of malaria by travellers: a cohort study on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests provided by a Swiss travel clinic

BACKGROUND: The WHO recommends that all suspect malaria cases be tested before receiving treatment. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria can be performed reliably by community health workers with no formal medical background and thus, RDTs could also be provided to travellers for self-diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Berthod, Delphine, Rochat, Jacynthe, Voumard, Rachel, Rochat, Laurence, Genton, Blaise, D’Acremont, Valérie
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/PMC5660453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29080559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2079-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29080559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2079-2

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