An exploratory study of factors that affect the performance and usage of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moonasar, Devanand ^a   Goga, Ameena Ebrahim ^b   Frean, John ^c   Kruger, Philip ^d   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d Limpopo Provincial Government   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARD; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMANS; MALARIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250369507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-74     Document Type: Article

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