1. Uncomplicated malaria in children: The place of rapid diagnostic test
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Mustapha Modu Gofama, Halima Abubakar Ibrahim, Muhammad Faruk Bashir, Hassan Abdullahi Elechi, Umoru M. Askira, and Adamu Ibrahim Rabasa
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under-five ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Rapid diagnostic test ,malaria rapid diagnostic test ,Under-five ,business.industry ,out-patient ,malaria ,General Medicine ,Malaria parasitaemia ,medicine.disease ,Uncomplicated malaria ,Febrile ,Diagnosis of malaria ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Original Article ,business ,Parasite density ,Malaria ,Finger prick - Abstract
Background : 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 . Materials and Methods : In this cross-sectional study, 433 out-patients, aged
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- 2015