Can treatment of malaria be restricted to parasitologically confirmed malaria? A school-based study in Benin in children with and without fever

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Faucher, Jean François ^a,b   Makoutode, Patrick ^c   Abiou, Grace ^d   Béhéton, Todoégnon ^a   Houzé, Pascal ^e   Ouendo, Edgard ^c   Houzé, Sandrine ^f,g   Deloron, Philippe ^a,f   Cot, Michel ^a,f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c Regional Public Health Institute of Ouidah   (Benin)

^d Department of Parasitology   (Benin)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BENIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIMALARIALS; BENIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951084109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-104     Document Type: Article

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