Open AccessUncomplicated malaria in children: The place of rapid diagnostic test
Author(s) -
Hassan Abdullahi Elechi,
AI Rabasa,
Muhammad Faruk Bashir,
Musa Mustapha,
Halima Abubakar Ibrahim,
Umoru M. Askira
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.150686
Subject(s) - malaria , rapid diagnostic test , medicine , diagnostic test , diagnosis of malaria , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , pediatrics
Malaria has remained a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the under-five children in Nigeria. Prompt and accurate diagnosis of malaria is necessary in controlling this high burden and preventing unnecessary use of anti-malarial drugs. Malaria rapid diagnostic test (MRDT) offers the hope of achieving this goal. However, the performance of these kits among the most vulnerable age group to malaria is inadequate.