Low quality of routine microscopy for malaria at different levels of the health system in Dar es Salaam

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kahama Maro, Judith ^a,b   D'Acremont, Valerie ^a,b   Mtasiwa, Deo ^c   Genton, Blaise ^b,d   Lengeler, Christian ^b,d  

^a DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALARIA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055107481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-332     Document Type: Article

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