Accuracy of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in community studies and their impact on treatment of malaria in an area with declining malaria burden in north-eastern Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ishengoma, Deus S ^a   Francis, Filbert ^a   Mmbando, Bruno P ^a   Lusingu, John P A ^a   Magistrado, Pamela ^b   Alifrangis, Michael ^b   Theander, Thor G ^b   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^b   Lemnge, Martha M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE; PARASITE LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959409283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-176     Document Type: Article

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