Rapid diagnostic tests for the home-based management of malaria, in a high-transmission area

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-16

  Willcox, M L ^a,b   Sanogo, F ^c   Graz, B ^a,d   Forster, M ^e,f,g   Dakouo, F ^c   Sidibe, O ^c   Falquet, J ^a   Giani, S ^h   Diakite, C ^c   Diallo, D ^c  

^a Antenna Technologies   (Switzerland)

^b Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e Pavillon Ferdinand Vandry   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h Aide au Développement de la Médecine Traditionnelle ^*  (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849121871     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X384983     Document Type: Article

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