Strict adherence to malaria rapid test results might lead to a neglect of other dangerous diseases: A cost benefit analysis from Burkina Faso

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bisoffi, Zeno ^a,b   Sirima, Sodiomon B ^c   Meheus, Filip ^d   Lodesani, Claudia ^e   Gobbi, Federico ^a,b   Angheben, Andrea ^a   Tinto, Halidou ^f   Neya, Bouma ^b   Van Den Ende, Klara ^b   Romeo, Annalisa ^b   Van Den Ende, Jef ^d  

^a Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^b Projet AnKaHeresso ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA ATTRIBUTABLE FEVER; MORTALITY; NON MALARIAL FEBRILE ILLNESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POTENTIALLY FATAL NON MALARIAL FEVER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961109428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-226     Document Type: Article

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