Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital care for children: What is the precision of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 386-389

  Cheng, Allen ^a,c   Bell, David ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDLINE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33845691848     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml037     Document Type: Review

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