Malaria misdiagnosis in Uganda implications for policy change

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nankabirwa, Joan ^a   Zurovac, Dejan ^b,c,d   Njogu, Julius N ^b   Rwakimari, John B ^e   Counihan, Helen ^a   Snow, Robert W ^b,c   Tibenderana, James K ^a,f  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 65349180350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-66     Document Type: Article

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