Over-diagnosis of malaria by microscopy in the Kilombero Valley, Southern Tanzania: An evaluation of the utility and cost-effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Harchut, Kelly ^a   Standley, Claire ^a   Dobson, Andrew ^a   Klaassen, Belia ^b   Rambaud Althaus, Clotilde ^c   Althaus, Fabrice ^c   Nowak, Katarzyna ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IST Clinic   (Tanzania)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; METAKELFIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877292405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-159     Document Type: Article

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