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Clinical overlap between malaria and pneumonia: can malaria rapid diagnostic test play a role?

Author(s) -

Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja,

Olufemi B. Aina,

Ademola A. Talabi

Publication year - 2011

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.945

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , pneumonia , rapid diagnostic test , diagnosis of malaria , integrated management of childhood illness , pediatrics , medical prescription , under five , intensive care medicine , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , population , primary health care , environmental health , pharmacology

Malaria and pneumonia account for 40% of mortality among children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to lack of diagnostic facilities, their management is based on the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) strategy. Symptoms of malaria and pneumonia overlap in African children, necessitating dual IMCI classifications at health centres and treatment with both antibiotics and antimalarials. This study determined the prevalence of malaria-pneumonia symptom overlap and confirmed the diagnosis of malaria in these cases using a rapid diagnostic test.

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