Clinical diagnosis of malaria and the risk of chloroquine self-medication in rural health centres in Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-426

  Pfeiffer, K ^a,e   Some, F ^b,c   Muller O ^a   Sie, A ^b,c   Kouyate B ^b,c   Haefeli, W E ^a   Zoungrana, A ^b,c   Gustafsson, L L ^d   Tomson, G ^d   Sauerborn, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna   (Switzerland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chloroquine whole blood concentration; Clinical diagnosis; Fever; Malaria; Self medication with chloroquine

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; MALARIA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF MEDICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 41849143321     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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