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Health workers’ perception of malaria rapid diagnostic test and factors influencing compliance with test results in Ebonyi state, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: The standard practice in treating uncomplicated malaria is to prescribe artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for only patients with positive test results. However, health workers (HWs) sometimes prescribe ACTs for patients with negative malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) results...

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Autores principales: Obi, Izuchukwu Frank, Sabitu, Kabiru, Olorukooba, Abdulhakeem, Adebowale, Ayo Stephen, Usman, Rabi, Nwokoro, Ugochukwu, Ajumobi, Olufemi, Idris, Suleiman, Nwankwo, Lawrence, Ajayi, IkeOluwapo O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6797183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31622398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223869