Performance of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests as Part of Routine Malaria Case Management in Kenya

Data on malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) performance under routine program conditions are limited. We assessed the attributes of RDTs performed by study and health facility (HF) staffs as part of routine malaria case management of patients > or = 5 years of age in Kenya. Expert microscopy was...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009-03, Vol.80 (3), p.470-474
Hauptverfasser:	de Oliveira, Alexandre Macedo, Skarbinski, Jacek, Ouma, Peter O, Kariuki, Simon, Barnwell, John W, Otieno, Kephas, Onyona, Phillip, Causer, Louise M, Laserson, Kayla F, Akhwale, Willis S, Slutsker, Laurence, Hamel, Mary
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antimalarials - therapeutic use Artemisinins - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Case Management Drug Combinations Ethanolamines - therapeutic use Fluorenes - therapeutic use Health Facilities Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Kenya - epidemiology Malaria Malaria - diagnosis Malaria - drug therapy Malaria - epidemiology Medical sciences Parasitemia - diagnosis Parasitemia - drug therapy Parasitemia - epidemiology Parasitic diseases Predictive Value of Tests Protozoal diseases Sensitivity and Specificity
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