Rapid diagnostic tests to improve treatment of malaria and other febrile illnesses: Patient randomised effectiveness trial in primary care clinics in Afghanistan

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Leslie, Toby ^a,b   Mikhail, Amy ^a,b   Mayan, Ismail ^b   Cundill, Bonnie ^a   Anwar, Mohammed ^c   Bakhtash, Sayed Habib ^d   Mohammed, Nader ^c   Rahman, Habib ^b   Zekria, Rohullah ^b   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a   Rowland, Mark ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Protection and Research Organisation   (Afghanistan)

^c Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^d Merlin   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLE SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902589939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g3730     Document Type: Article

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