Rapid diagnostic tests compared with malaria microscopy for guiding outpatient treatment of febrile illness in Tanzania: Randomised trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7590, 2007, Pages 403-406

  Reyburn, Hugh ^a,b,c   Mbakilwa, Hilda ^b   Mwangi, Rose ^b,c   Mwerinde, Ombeni ^b,c   Olomi, Raimos ^c   Drakeley, Chris ^a,b   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a,b  

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

^b Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARD; TEST STRIP;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT STRIPS; TANZANIA;

EID: 33847766571     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39073.496829.AE     Document Type: Article

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