Clinical predictors of malaria in Gambian children with fever or a history of fever

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-304

  Olaleye, B O ^a   Williams, L A ^b   D'Alessandro, U ^a   Weber, M M ^a   Mulholland, K ^a,c   Okorie, C ^d   Langerock, P ^a   Bennett, S ^b   Greenwood, B M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Farafenni Health Centre   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Predictor models; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031805351     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91021-5     Document Type: Article

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