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Open Access | Performance of Two Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Febrile Adult Patients with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection in Blantyre, Malawi

Submitted by patrick sampao on February 2, 2012 - 11:52
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Jobiba Chinkhumba, Monica Nyanda, Jacek Skarbinski and Don P. Mathanga
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Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 86:199-202
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MalariaWorldThe performance of two histidine-rich protein type-2–based malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) was examined in a rural area with a high prevalence of malaria and human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection in 113 and 445 febrile patients ≥ 15 years of age with and without HIV-1 infection, respectively.

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Open Access | Malaria in infants below six months of age: retrospective surveillance of hospital admission records in Blantyre, Malawi

Submitted by Inga on January 7, 2010 - 13:08
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Beatriz Larru, Elizabeth Molyneux, Feiko O ter Kuile, Terrie Taylor, Malcolm Molyneux, Dianne J Terlouw
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Malaria Journal 2009, 8:310 (29 December 2009)
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The World Health Organization provides treatment guidelines for children from six months onwards, without specific treatment guidelines for the younger infants. A number of recent reports however suggest that the burden in this young age group may be underestimated.

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