Risks and benefits of targeted malaria treatment based on rapid diagnostic test results

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 512-514

  Björkman, Anders ^a   Mårtensson, Andreas ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955833046     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655689     Document Type: Note

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