A new malaria protocol in a Congolese refugee camp in West Tanzania

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 398-406

  Roca, Maria G ^a   Charle, Pilar ^b   Jiménez, Sylvia ^c   Núñezd, Milton ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Malaria; Overdiagnosis; Rapid diagnosis test; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICATION ERROR; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONGO; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFUGEES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 79957865730     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.546805     Document Type: Article

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