Time to move from presumptive malaria treatment to laboratory-confirmed diagnosis and treatment in African children with fever

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0004-0006

  D'Acremont, Valérie ^a,c   Lengeler, Christian ^a   Mshinda, Hassan ^b   Mtasiwa, Deo ^d   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Genton, Blaise ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 59249091966     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050252     Document Type: Short Survey

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