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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
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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

Published
2015

2. Predictive indices of empirical clinical diagnosis of malaria among under-five febrile children attending paediatric outpatient clinic

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Muhammad A Alhaji, Adamu Ibrahim Rabasa, Umoru M. Askira, Lawan M Bukar, Hassan Abdullahi Elechi, and Muhammad Faruk Bashir

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medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Under-five, business.industry, Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Medicine, Parasitemia, medicine.disease, World health, Diagnosis of malaria, Clinical diagnosis, parasitic diseases, medicine, Outpatient clinic, business, Malaria
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Background: Malaria has remained an important public health problem in Nigeria with children under 5 years of age bearing the greatest burden. Accurate and prompt diagnosis of malaria is an important element in the fight against the scourge. Due to the several limitations of microscopy, diagnosis of malaria has continued to be made based on clinical ground against several World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Thus, we aim to assess the performance of empirical clinical diagnosis among febrile children under 5 years of age in a busy pediatric outpatient clinic. Materials and Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study. Children aged

Published
2015

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