Quantifying the contribution of Plasmodium falciparum malaria to febrile illness amongst African children

Suspected malaria cases in Africa increasingly receive a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) before antimalarials are prescribed. While this ensures efficient use of resources to clear parasites, the underlying cause of the individual’s fever remains unknown due to potential coinfection with a non-malarial...

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Published in:eLife
Main Authors: Dalrymple, Ursula, Cameron, Ewan, Bhatt, Samir, Weiss, Daniel J, Gupta, Sunetra, Gething, Peter W
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2017
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Epidemiology and Global Health
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665646/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29034876
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29198
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