Clinical algorithms for malaria diagnosis lack utility among people of different age groups

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 530-536

  Mwangi, Tabitha W ^a   Mohammed, Mahfudh ^a   Dayo, Hiza ^a   Snow, Robert W ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Clinical algorithms; IMCI guidelines; Kenya; Malaria diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; KILIFI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20444426859     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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