Should countries implementing an artemisinin-based combination malaria treatment policy also introduce rapid diagnostic tests?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zikusooka, Charlotte M ^a   McIntyre, Diane ^a   Barnes, Karen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; BENFLUMETOL; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 52949115311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-176     Document Type: Article

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