Open AccessAlgorithm in the Diagnosis of Febrile Illness Using Pathogen-specific Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Author(s) -
Sunil Pokharel,
Lisa J. White,
Ricardo Águas,
O. Celhay,
Karell G. Pellé,
Sabine Dittrich
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz665
Subject(s) - diagnostic test , medicine , pathogen , intensive care medicine , algorithm , computer science , immunology , pediatrics
In the absence of proper guidelines and algorithms, available rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for common acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses are often used inappropriately.
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