Adoption of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of malaria, a preliminary analysis of the Global Fund program data, 2005 to 2010.
<h4>Introduction</h4>The World Health Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria, in 2006 and 2010, recommend parasitological confirmation of malaria before commencing treatment. Although microscopy has been the mainstay of malaria diagnostics, the magnitude of diagnostic scale...
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Main Authors: | Jinkou Zhao, Marcel Lama, Eline Korenromp, Patrick Aylward, Estifanos Shargie, Scott Filler, Ryuichi Komatsu, Rifat Atun |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/a4aa19c4548a4cf8b0802f5dce4c1226 |
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