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Low reliability of home-based diagnosis of malaria in a rural community in western Kenya

Author(s) -

R. Kakai,

Josephine Nasimiyu,

Wilson Odero

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1077

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , diagnosis of malaria , plasmodium falciparum , rapid diagnostic test , rural community , blood smear , environmental health , pediatrics , immunology , demography , sociology

Home-based management of malaria is promoted as a major strategy for improving prompt delivery of effective malaria treatment in Africa. This study aimed to determine the proportion of children who tested positive for malaria with routine light microscopy among those whose mothers had made a home-based diagnosis in a rural community in Western Kenya.

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