Household cost of malaria overdiagnosis in rural Mozambique

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hume, Jen C C ^a,b   Barnish, Guy ^a   Mangal, Tara ^a   Armázio, Luiz ^c   Streat, Elizabeth ^d   Bates, Imelda ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c LSDI Malaria Program ^*

^d LSDI Malaria Program   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONOTHERAPY; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 41749117947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-33     Document Type: Article

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