An assessment of early diagnosis and treatment of malaria by village health volunteers in the Lao PDR

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Phommanivong, Viengvaly ^a   Thongkham, Khanti ^a   Deyer, Gopinath ^b   Rene, Jean P ^a   Barennes, Hubert ^a  

^a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; GLUCOSE; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; LACTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ADULT; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTONES; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649516768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-347     Document Type: Article

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