Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Batwala, Vincent ^a,c   Magnussen, Pascal ^b   Nuwaha, Fred ^c  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BED NET; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GOLD STANDARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; HEALTH; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649572167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-349     Document Type: Article

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