Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases detected for prompt treatment by rapid diagnostic tests in the Ho Teaching Hospital of the Volta Region of Ghana

Parasite Epidemiology and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Dinko, Bismarck ^a   Amakpa, Eric ^b   Kweku, Margaret ^a   Amoah, Paul ^b   Tampuori, John ^b   Adjuik, Martin ^a   Awandare, Gordon A ^c   Deitsch, Kirk W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

^b Ho Teaching Hospital   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Plasmodium falciparum malaria; Rapid diagnostic test

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SCREENING; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 85048834639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24056731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2018.e00072     Document Type: Article

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