It could be viral but you don't know, you have not diagnosed it: Health worker challenges in managing non-malaria paediatric fevers in the low transmission area of Mbarara District, Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Johansson, Emily White ^a   Kitutu, Freddy Eric ^a,b   Mayora, Chrispus ^b,c   Awor, Phyllis ^b,d   Peterson, Stefan Swartling ^a,b,e   Wamani, Henry ^b   Hildenwall, Helena ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child health; Diagnosis; Fever; Malaria; Point of care diagnostics; Qualitative; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOM; TRUST; UGANDA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963800554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1257-y     Document Type: Article

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