Malaria case management in Papua New Guinea prior to the introduction of a revised treatment protocol

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pulford, Justin ^a,b   Mueller, Ivo ^c,d   Siba, Peter M ^a   Hetzel, Manuel W ^a,b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; AMODIAQUINE PLUS PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ABDOMEN PALPATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY PAIN; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DIET; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; PAIN; PALM EXAMINATION; PALPATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860597720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-157     Document Type: Article

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