Effect of the Ebola-virus-disease epidemic on malaria case management in Guinea, 2014: A cross-sectional survey of health facilities

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1017-1023

  Plucinski, Mateusz M ^a,b   Guilavogui, Timothée ^c   Sidikiba, Sidibe ^d   Diakité, Nouman ^c   Diakité, Souleymane ^c   Dioubaté, Mohamed ^c   Bah, Ibrahima ^e   Hennessee, Ian ^f   Butts, Jessica K ^a,b   Halsey, Eric S ^a,b   McElroy, Peter D ^a,b   Kachur, S Patrick ^a   Aboulhab, Jamila ^a,b   James, Richard ^c   Keita, Moussa ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b President's Malaria Initiative   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Guinea)

^d Mafèrinyah Rural Health Research Center   (Guinea)

^e Catholic Relief Services   (Guinea)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GUINEA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITAL; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940467150     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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