Open AccessRapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria at Sites of Varying Transmission Intensity in Uganda
Author(s) -
Heidi Hopkins,
Lisa M. Bebell,
Wilson Kambale,
Christian Dokomajilar,
Philip J. Rosenthal,
Grant Dorsey
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/526502
Subject(s) - malaria , intensity (physics) , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , environmental health , virology , immunology , computer science , physics , telecommunications , optics
In Africa, fever is often treated presumptively as malaria, resulting in misdiagnosis and the overuse of antimalarial drugs. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria may allow improved fever management.