What would PCR assessment change in the management of fevers in a malaria endemic area? 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   Aubouy, Agnès ^a   Béhéton, Todoégnon ^a   Makoutode, Patrick ^c   Abiou, Grace ^d   Doritchamou, Justin ^a   Houzé, Pascal ^e   Ouendo, Edgard ^c   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BENIN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIALS; BENIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955200359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-224     Document Type: Article

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