Sensitivity of fever for diagnosis of clinical malaria in a Kenyan area of unstable, low malaria transmission

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mutanda, Albino L ^a,e   Cheruiyot, Priscah ^e   Hodges, James S ^d   Ayodo, George ^e   Odero, Wilson ^b   John, Chandy C ^c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b School of Medicine MasenoUniversity   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fever; Highland; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Symptom; Unstable transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHILL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALAISE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900392535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-163     Document Type: Article

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