Presumptive self-diagnosis of malaria and other febrile illnesses in Sierra Leone

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ansumana, Rashid ^a,b,c   Jacobsen, Kathryn H ^d   Gbakima, Aiah Albert ^e   Hodges, Mary Hamer ^a   Lamin, Joseph Morrison ^b   Leski, Tomasz Andrzej ^f   Malanoski, Anthony Peter ^f   Lin, Baochuan ^f   Bockarie, Moses John ^a   Stenger, David Andrew ^f  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory   (Sierra Leone)

^c NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e METABIOTA INC   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; Fevers; Health services accessibility; Malaria; Self care; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LASSA FEVER; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SIERRA LEONE; TYPHOID FEVER; YELLOW FEVER; FEVER; FEVERS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SELF-CARE; STATISTICS; WEST AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEVERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; MALARIA; SELF-CARE; WEST AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887459058     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.15.34.2291     Document Type: Article

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