The contribution of microscopy to targeting antimalarial treatment in a low transmission area of Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Reyburn, Hugh ^a,b   Ruanda, John ^c   Mwerinde, Ombeni ^b   Drakeley, Chris ^a,b  

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

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 33646383861     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-4     Document Type: Article

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