Diagnosis and treatment of malaria in peripheral health facilities in Uganda: Findings from an area of low transmission in south-western Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ndyomugyenyi, Richard ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^b   Clarke, Siân ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FANSIDAR; PENICILLIN V; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UGANDA; VOMITING; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFADOXINE; UGANDA;

EID: 34147149640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-39     Document Type: Article

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