Out with the old, in with the new: the utility of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria diagnosis in Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-337

  Drakeley, Chris ^a,b   Reyburn, Hugh ^a,b  

^a Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Epidemiology; Malaria; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIN; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; QUININE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 61749095696     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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