Test and treat or presumptive treatment for malaria in high transmission situations? A reflection on the latest WHO guidelines

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Graz, Bertrand ^a   Willcox, Merlin ^b   Szeless, Thomas ^a   Rougemont, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATIENT CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79956195698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-136     Document Type: Article

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