Reducing microscopy-based malaria misdiagnosis in a low-resource area of Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Allen, Lisa K ^a   Hatfield, Jennifer M ^a   Manyama, Mange J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Malaria; Microscopy; Misdiagnosis; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84893087168     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v15i1.4     Document Type: Article

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