Over-diagnosis of malaria is not a lost cause

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Masika, Paul M ^a   Semarundu, Waziri J ^b   Urassa, Raymond ^b   Mosha, Jackline ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^c   Gosling, Roly D ^c  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^b Same Council Health Management Team   (Tanzania)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PLASMODIUM; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION;

EID: 33845771397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-120     Document Type: Article

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