Challenges in diagnosing paediatric malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Strøm, Gro E A ^a,b,c   Haanshuus, Christel G ^b   Fataki, Maulidi ^c,d   Langeland, Nina ^a   Blomberg, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Blood microscopy; Diagnostics; Fever; Malaria; Paediatrics; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid diagnostic test; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLOR; PARASITEMIA; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID TEST; TANZANIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84879809783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-228     Document Type: Article

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