Malaria dipsticks beneficial for IMCI in Cambodia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 536-543

  Rimón, Markus M ^a   Kheng, Sim ^b   Hoyer, Stefan ^c   Thach, Varoeun ^d   Ly, Sovann ^d   Permin, Astrid E ^e   Pièche, Sergio ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b National Dengue Control Program   (Cambodia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^e Udenrigsministeriet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Children under five; Dipstick tests; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; MALARIA; RURAL POPULATION;

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BIOSAFETY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMBODIA; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND PALM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALLOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CAMBODIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REAGENT STRIPS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CAMBODIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037974244     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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