| Making malaria testing relevant: beyond test purchase. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18586290 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are being procured and used in increasing numbers. However, the resultant effect of RDT-based diagnosis on fever management has been limited by lack of confidence in RDT results or the inability to act on results appropriately. If the utilisation of malaria RDTs is going to achieve the significant public health and financial benefits anticipated, they must be introduced in a carefully structured way and viewed as a tool for the management of febrile illness, not just malaria. If this is to occur, a re-think is required of the way many malaria programmes are funded and run. |
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Authors:
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David Bell; Mark D Perkins |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2008-06-30 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume: 102 ISSN: 1878-3503 ISO Abbreviation: Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. Publication Date: 2008 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-10-20 Completed Date: 2009-02-26 Revised Date: 2009-07-13 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7506129 Medline TA: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Country: England |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1064-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Malaria, other Vector-borne and Parasitic Diseases, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, UN Avenue, Ermita, P.O. Box 2932, Manila, The Philippines. belld@wpro.who.int |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Animals Antigens, Protozoan / analysis* Diagnosis, Differential Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Malaria / diagnosis*, parasitology Predictive Value of Tests Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / parasitology*, standards |
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0/Antigens, Protozoan; 0/Reagent Kits, Diagnostic |
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