Adoption of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of malaria, a preliminary analysis of the global fund program data, 2005 to 2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Jinkou ^a,b   Lama, Marcel ^a   Korenromp, Eline ^a,c   Aylward, Patrick ^a   Shargie, Estifanos ^a   Filler, Scott ^a   Komatsu, Ryuichi ^a   Atun, Rifat ^d  

^a TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC MALARIA TEST;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84865421809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043549     Document Type: Article

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