Rapid malaria diagnostic tests vs. clinical management of malaria in rural Burkina Faso: Safety and effect on clinical decisions. A randomized trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-498

  Bisoffi, Zeno ^a,e   Sirima, Bienvenu Sodiomon ^b   Angheben, Andrea ^a   Lodesani, Claudia ^c   Gobbi, Federico ^a   Tinto, Halidou ^d   Van Den Ende, Jef ^f  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^e Projet AnKaHeresso ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical decision; Fever management; Malaria diagnosis; Malaria management; Rapid diagnostic test; RDT safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MALARIA; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649147498     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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