Accuracy of rapid tests for malaria and treatment outcomes for malaria and non-malaria cases among under-five children in rural ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Baiden, Frank ^a   Webster, Jayne ^b   Tivura, Mathilda ^a   Delimini, Rupert ^a   Berko, Yvonne ^a   Amenga Etego, Seeba ^a   Agyeman Budu, Akua ^a   Karikari, Akosua B ^c   Bruce, Jane ^b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Development Studies   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859733224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034073     Document Type: Article

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