Use of clinical algorithms for diagnosing malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-52

  Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^a  

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

Author keywords

Algorithm; Diagnosis; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMISM; MALARIA;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036164940     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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