Operational feasibility of rapid diagnostic kits & blister packs use for malaria control in high transmission areas of Orissa & Chhattisgarh

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-72

  Reetha, A M ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Tyagi, P K ^a   Valecha, Neena ^a   Nagpal, B N ^a   Dash, A P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Blister packs; Operational malaria control programme; Rapid diagnostic kits

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER PACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMAQUINE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 33947168315     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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