Rapid diagnostic tests versus clinical diagnosis for managing people with fever in malaria endemic settings

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Odaga, John ^a   Sinclair, David ^b   Lokong, Joseph A ^c   Donegan, Sarah ^b   Hopkins, Heidi ^d,e   Garner, Paul ^b  

^a UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c AVSI Uganda   (Uganda)

^d Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)   (Uganda)

^e FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

AFRICA; ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 84904961865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008998.pub2     Document Type: Review

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