Malaria rapid testing by community health workers is effective and safe for targeting malaria treatment: Randomised cross-over trial in Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Mubi, Marycelina ^a,b   Janson, Annika ^c   Warsame, Marian ^c   Mårtensson, Andreas ^b   Källander, Karin ^c   Petzold, Max G ^d   Ngasala, Billy ^b,e   Maganga, Gloria ^a   Gustafsson, Lars L ^c   Massele, Amos ^a   Tomson, Göran ^c   Premji, Zul ^a   Björkman, Anders ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; PARACETAMOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID MALARIA DISGNOSTIC TEST; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH PAIN; TANZANIA; WEAKNESS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TANZANIA;

EID: 79959994762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019753     Document Type: Article

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