The role of rapid diagnostic tests in managing malaria

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Bisoffi, Zeno ^a   Gobbi, Federico ^a   Angheben, Andrea ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^b  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 66149125242     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000063     Document Type: Short Survey

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